Black woman shackled by police during active labor settles with NYC The first breath that this baby had on this earth was one born out of violence. That was violence, what the NYPD did to her, said her attorney Anne Oredeko
A New York woman won a lawsuit after being forced to give birth while handcuffed.
The woman, who has been identified as Black, settled with the city of New York and the police department on Wednesday. According to
CNN, she was handcuffed, and her feet were shackled while giving birth to her baby boy.
The woman spoke out on the case of anonymity but has been awarded a $750,000 settlement by a US district magistrate judge for the Eastern District of New York. She filed charges against New York City and several New York Police Department officers anonymously back in October. She sought justice due to damages for emotional distress, punitive damages, attorney fees and costs, and violation of her civil rights.
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