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Pregnant Woman Cuffed, Arrested For Talking Too Loudly
POSTED: 9:51 am EDT September 28, 2004
WHEATON, Md. -- A pregnant woman said she feared for her unborn child's safety after a transit police officer forced her onto her stomach while trying to arrest her for talking too loudly on a cell phone.
She said the officer forced her to the ground and pushed his knee into her back.
Sakinah Aaron, 23, said the incident occurred at a bus station in the Washington suburb of Wheaton, Md., earlier this month.
"I'm thinking between the ground and his knee, my water is going to break and I'm going to have a miscarriage or something," she told the Montgomery Journal of the Sept. 9 incident.
Aaron said a doctor later said her 5-month-old fetus was not harmed.
A police official said the officer followed proper procedure after Aaron refused to stop cursing loudly during a cell phone conversation. Police said Aaron was abusive and uncooperative.
Aaron said she was trying to get away from the officer to catch her bus, but he placed her face down and handcuffed her. She has been charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.
This is not the first incidence of police being accused of going too far.
In July, a Maryland woman said a transit officer in Washington, D.C., handcuffed and held her for three hours after she finished a candy bar at a Metro station.
Stephanie Willett told The Washington Post she was heading into a station while eating a PayDay bar when a transit officer told her to finish it before entering.
They both agree that she put the last bit in her mouth -- but she said the officer followed her inside the station. After she made a comment, Willett said the officer searched, handcuffed and arrested her.
Chalk one up for the birthplace of freedom link
Pregnant Woman Cuffed, Arrested For Talking Too Loudly
POSTED: 9:51 am EDT September 28, 2004
WHEATON, Md. -- A pregnant woman said she feared for her unborn child's safety after a transit police officer forced her onto her stomach while trying to arrest her for talking too loudly on a cell phone.
She said the officer forced her to the ground and pushed his knee into her back.
Sakinah Aaron, 23, said the incident occurred at a bus station in the Washington suburb of Wheaton, Md., earlier this month.
"I'm thinking between the ground and his knee, my water is going to break and I'm going to have a miscarriage or something," she told the Montgomery Journal of the Sept. 9 incident.
Aaron said a doctor later said her 5-month-old fetus was not harmed.
A police official said the officer followed proper procedure after Aaron refused to stop cursing loudly during a cell phone conversation. Police said Aaron was abusive and uncooperative.
Aaron said she was trying to get away from the officer to catch her bus, but he placed her face down and handcuffed her. She has been charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.
This is not the first incidence of police being accused of going too far.
In July, a Maryland woman said a transit officer in Washington, D.C., handcuffed and held her for three hours after she finished a candy bar at a Metro station.
Stephanie Willett told The Washington Post she was heading into a station while eating a PayDay bar when a transit officer told her to finish it before entering.
They both agree that she put the last bit in her mouth -- but she said the officer followed her inside the station. After she made a comment, Willett said the officer searched, handcuffed and arrested her.
Chalk one up for the birthplace of freedom link
