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Woman in Brooklyn NYPD altercation meets with prosecutors

October 1, 2014 Associated Press
Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson is investigating the latest NYPD incident.
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The attorney for a pregnant woman whose altercation with police led to her being put on the ground belly-first has met with Brooklyn prosecutors about the event, which was captured on video.

Attorney Sanford Rubenstein said Sandra Amezquita met with the head of the civil rights bureau of the Brooklyn district attorney’s office on Tuesday. Another woman who says she was pushed by police in the same incident was also at the meeting, as well as Amezquita’s husband.

A video taken earlier in September shows an officer struggling with Amezquita, who police say tried to intervene in the arrest of her 17-year-old son. Amezquita is five months pregnant.

A spokeswoman for Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson says the office is investigating the incident.

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