call. to local media outlets, the rochester police chief defended his officer s action saying his officer showed tremendous restraint. aclu attorney jessica price disagrees and says video examples show a need for more protection of pregnant women as they re being arrested. she points to a 2012 aclu study which found 18 states pro hint or restrict the kufg of pregnant women. but this is limited to inmates in prison. that means we re protecting people already in custody. we re protecting their custody more than protecting people who happen to be out on the street. reporter: but preventing cops from cuffing pregnant women may not be realistic. now you re asking a police officer to make a medical assessment of a woman on the street. reporter: tom fuentes said what prevented cooks incident, if she had listened to the police officer. unless she pulls out a machine gun and starts world war iii, there is no way that it will have an outcome that makes