USA, it's a storm on the police again: pregnant African American thrown to the ground

The woman, while on the ground, yelled: "I'm pregnant", while the children in the car were crying, but this did not change the policeman's mind. Florida- The video of more than three minutes is dramatic, taken by the body cam supplied to a Florida policeman and is destined to unleash new racial protests: in the images an African-American woman, in her sixth month of pregnancy, is pulled out of a car, beaten to the ground and handcuffed. The episode dates back to May 22, but the story went viral after the news came out in the local newspapers two days ago that the policeman, Matthew McNichol, a white man, was allowed to resign in June, immediately after the accident, without being prosecuted.

He and another officer had intervened in Boca Raton after a witness witnessed a fight in a car. The woman and another person, together with children, were stopped inside an SUV, parked on the side of the road. The two policemen asked the adults to show documents and licenses, but the woman, in an evidently altered psychological state, replied that it was her right to stay in the car.

The climate has gradually warmed up. With the policeman who had threatened to arrest her, the woman reacted, saying several times "don't touch me, don't touch me". For two minutes the officer threatened to arrest both. In the body cam video, the woman can be heard saying that "if you arrest me now - she says - and throw me to the ground with the fact that I am pregnant, you will be indicted".

At one point the policeman took action: he grabbed the woman's left arm, passed it behind her back, forcing her to get up from the car seat and get out, then he slammed her to the ground, face down. down, and handcuffed her. Laurent, while on the ground, yelled: "I'm pregnant", while the children in the car were crying, but this did not change the policeman's mind. The spread of the image sparked protests from the black community and civil rights organizations.