newyorkdailynews | An NYPD officer was caught on a disturbing video tackling a clearly
pregnant woman and riding her to the ground early Saturday in Brooklyn.
The recording shows Sandra Amezquita, who is 5-foot-4 and five months
pregnant, being grabbed by the arm and thrown to the pavement with the
cop on her back in Sunset Park around 2:15 a.m.
The baby’s father, Ronel Lemos, said he watched in horror as his wife hit the ground belly-first.
“The first thing I thought was they killed my baby and they’re going to
kill my wife,” Lemos, 50, told the Daily News on Tuesday.
Moments later, another unidentified woman was violently flung to the ground on Fifth Ave. and 41st St.
“You would think the police would respect a woman that is pregnant,”
Amezquita, 43, said through an interpreter in an exclusive interview
with The News.
“I was afraid something happened to my baby. I am still afraid that
something is wrong,” she said, referring to the abdominal pain that
persists.
Amezquita suffered vaginal bleeding after the incident, and her belly and arm still bear bruises.
She was given a summons for disorderly conduct and her husband was arrested for assaulting a police officer, cops said.
The officer is the second cop from the 72nd Precinct in a week to be
under investigation by the NYPD Internal Affairs Bureau after getting
caught on video.
Video
shows Sandra Amezquita get pushed to the ground and held down by NYPD
cops — with her pregnant belly being shoved into the pavement.
Police Commissioner Bill Bratton last week suspended a cop caught on
camera kicking a street vendor on Fifth Ave. in Sunset Park as he was
being subdued by fellow officers.
