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Title: Video shows 9 months pregnant, handcuffed woman punched by Texas police
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Russia Today
URL Source: http://rt.com/usa/248125-texas-woman-punched-police/
Published: Apr 9, 2015
Author: RT
Post Date: 2015-04-10 05:44:19 by Deckard
Keywords: None
Views: 1123
Comments: 8
A Texas woman has accused a cop of beating her when she was 38 weeks pregnant. Thanks to a surveillance system in her parents’ home, a video has been published online that appears to prove her allegations. An investigation is under way. The Hunt County sheriff’s deputy has been identified as one of several officers who stood in the woman’s home in Quinlan on the evening of March 4. Two officers can be seen keeping Deanna Robinson in the corner of her kitchen, next to the counter, restraining her, as her 18-month-old toddler watched. Next, the deputy can clearly be seen taking at least two quick punches at Robinson, who wouldn’t stop yelling. This was after she shouted, “I’m pregnant.” She was handcuffed during this, she told the attorney’s office on Monday, according to WFAA. Robinson, 38, is a decorated Air Force veteran and recipient of the Airman’s Medal for the time she pulled her colleagues out of a burning plane in Iraq. She now lives in Quinlan, with another infant and three step children, aged six to nine. But her marriage had been undergoing a turbulent period lately, which culminated in a shoving match with her husband several days prior to the incident. Apparently, one of the kids told a teacher at school, who then reported the couple to Child Protection Services. She was arrested on March 4 on charges of resisting arrest, assaulting a police officer and interference with child custody, and spent some six days in jail. The court case was over her 18-month-old son, Landry. The rest of the children are now in protective custody, while the infant son, Levi – who was born less than a week after her release from custody, is with grandparents. READ MORE: ‘Please, I can’t breathe:’ Unarmed black man beaten by Michigan cops in arrest video That evening, child services officials showed up at Robinson’s home, accompanied by sheriff’s deputies, to take Landry away. "I'm 38 weeks pregnant, and with my stomach again repeatedly pressed into that counter, and with my 18-month old son watching his mother be assaulted, and him screaming in fear," she says. "There's nothing that warrants what they did to me." She remembers the officers telling her ‘We’re here to remove your son,’ and her replying, ‘Nobody is touching my kid without a court order or a warrant.’ The officers reportedly did not present any papers and, when she tried to shut the door on them, forced their way in. She tells WFAA: “I’m positioning myself in front of my child as the officers are screaming, ‘There’s the kid, grab him!’” That’s when they proceeded to handcuff her as she was pressed up against the kitchen surface. The police, however, had a different narrative to the story: that Robinson was reaching for a weapon. The evidence will be reviewed to establish the truth. The sheriff later told reporters he was not sure what went down, but that the unidentified deputy said Robinson had loosened his ammunition belt in the chaos. READ MORE: NYPD admits ‘Death of Eric Garner’ Wikipedia page edited from its network In the video, Robinson can be seen struggling with the officers, something she only says she did because the pressure they were applying when pressing into her was hurting her unborn child. She later told reporters the officers hit her five or six times. The video cuts off just before the deputy’s hand comes down on her a second time. Robinson also reported lingering pain for weeks, and her stomach appears to show bruising from the incident. She’s thankful Levi is a healthy child. “It certainly could have turned out differently.” She says she misses her kids very much and that she’ll be pushing for the officer responsible for hitting her repeatedly to be fired. Dozens of calls came to the sheriff’s department following the release of the video. Hundreds of concerned citizens also posted on the department’s Facebook page, voicing outrage, while the town of Quinlan also saw people go out on to the streets, encouraging others to view the video. The sheriff department’s Facebook page showed a statement from Sheriff Randy Meeks, saying that all such cases are handled with the utmost seriousness and that an investigation is under way to determine “if any violations occurred.” He promised to make the findings public. Robinson’s attorney Carol Gustin told reporters “There’s no reason in my mind that an officer should pull his hand up above his body and hit a pregnant woman multiple times. Law officers are there to protect and serve. Where was the protection for her and this baby?" READ MORE: ‘Poor training’ resulted in almost 400 shootings by Philadelphia police – Justice Dept Her other attorney, Scott Cornuaud, believes Child Protective Services is to blame for involving the police at all. “They’re out of control. There’s no oversight. They went about it the wrong way.” CPS was onsite when the incident with the police took place. Cornuaud wonders why they did not intervene when a pregnant woman was being hit. The services offered no comment on this.
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#1. To: Deckard (#0)
and the police make three more enemies.
They keep treating honorable veterans this way, and they will soon reap what they sow.
Good for her,but it makes no difference at all as to the illegality of this case of attempted murder. She could have been a homeless crack whore,and it would still have been attempted murder and an outrage. You do NOT hit pregnant women,period. Makes no difference if you are a cop,her husband,or anyone else. The ONLY exception would be something like a knock-out punch to the head if she were trying to shoot someone to death or explode a bomb,and that was your only option.
Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
Already there are tens of thousands of armed veterans who will fight and if needs be die protecting themselves and theirs. Any honorably discharged US Military vet can make it tens of thousands plus one.
I would guess this video will make more than three. Sit tight, the Kanary Klan will be along soon to tell us how this was justified, and that their "hero's" were in the right, that their hero's are gods that do no wrong. Their opinion will change if they are ever the target.
Si vis pacem, para bellum
She said the Eff word. misterwhite must be slacking today.
And the others too. Odd isn't it?
Si vis pacem, para bellum
Makes no difference what the kanary klan says or does, what is important is that obama and holder are working at the very highest priority of starting a race war. The police are going to find that many are not going to take sides, they are simply going to sit on the sidelines and watch the police kill blacks and the blacks kill police, and then step in and pick up the marbles.
#2. To: BobCeleste (#1)
and the police make three more enemies.
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts
#3. To: Deckard (#0)
Robinson, 38, is a decorated Air Force veteran and recipient of the Airman’s Medal for the time she pulled her colleagues out of a burning plane in Iraq.
#4. To: Deckard (#2)
They keep treating honorable veterans this way, and they will soon reap what they sow.
#5. To: BobCeleste (#1)
" and the police make three more enemies. "
#6. To: Stoner (#5)
Sit tight, the Kanary Klan will be along soon to tell us how this was justified,
#7. To: Fred Mertz (#6)
" misterwhite must be slacking today. "
#8. To: Stoner (#5)
Sit tight, the Kanary Klan will be along soon to tell us how this was justified, and that their "hero's" were in the right, that their hero's are gods that do no wrong. Their opinion will change if they are ever the target.
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