by Joe Coscarelli
September 24, 2014
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The NYPD’s Internal Affairs Bureau is investigating the 72nd Precinct in Brooklyn for the second time in two weeks — the first was for this uncalled-for kick — after a tough-to-watch video surfaced on Facebook of an officer throwing a pregnant woman onto the ground and holding her stomach-down. Sandra Amezquita, five-foot-four and visibly five months pregnant, attempted to intervene in the arrest of her 17-year-old son for possession of a knife when she was manhandled. A friend who ran up to check on her was sent flying down the street with a two-handed shove.
“The first thing I thought was they killed my baby and they’re going to kill my wife,” Ronel Lemos, the baby’s father, told the Daily News.
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“What we see is a woman who’s trying to protect her son, who is being stopped and frisked by police, and she became a victim. Slammed onto the floor,” said Dennis Flores of the local cop-watching group El Grito de Sunset Park. “Her belly is now with black and blue bruises. She’s bleeding and she’s having complications.”
“I was afraid something happened to my baby. I am still afraid that something is wrong,” said Amezquita, who suffered vaginal bleeding after the incident over the weekend.
Amezquita was given a summons for disorderly conduct.