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Political Factoid

"An African American woman
arrested two days past her
due date in late 2018 on a
misdemeanor assault charge
that was later dismissed had
her wrists and ankles shackled
by police for hours while she
was in active labor at a hospital."*
 
  
 
* In 2021 the City of New York settled the
subsequent lawsuit.
 
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