- Emerald Black, an African-American Californian, has filed a lawsuit against the San Leandro PD, claiming that she was pulled out of a car by officers who stomped on her stomach while she was pregnant, causing her to miscarry.
- tags" back in June 2019. Officers asked Black to get out of the car. She denied their request, telling the officers she was "very pregnant" and was at high risk for miscarriage.
- Despite her request, Black alleges that she was "yanked from the car" as "police taunted her, piled on top of her and stomped on her stomach leaving a shoe mark". She miscarried says later, due to the alleged "result of the officers' excessive force".
- Black's lawyer told Vice News"It's important to note that Ms. Black had committed absolutely no crimes, nor was she suspected of any."
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