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Yet another incident threatens to escalate tensions between the Chicago Police Department and the Black community.
Nicola Robinson, an 8-month pregnant Black woman recently spoke with members of the Nation of Islam after a Chicago police officer is alleged to have verbally and physically assaulted her.
According to Ms. Robinson, surveillance cameras recorded it when the officer punched her. Not only did he physically assault her, Ms. Robinson said he also used racial slurs.
“You black b-tch, you better be glad I didn’t hit you hard enough to make you lose your f---kin’ baby,” the officer reportedly said after punching her.
Monique Dickerson, Ms. Robinson’s sister also heard the officer using racial slurs. Anthony Hopson, the unborn baby’s father was at work, but once he found out what happened, he immediately went to West Suburban hospital where she was taken to check on her condition. She was treated and released a few hours later.
Being in a late term pregnancy, she was not up to a full interview, however, The Final Call will be following the investigation being conducted by the Independent Police Review Authority, the body set up in 2007 to investigate allegations of police misconduct, whether it is allegation involves excessive force, coercion through violence, or verbal abuse. The officer has not yet been publicly identified.
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In another incident involving another pregnant Black woman, Charlena Michelle Cooks, who was also eight months pregnant, was handcuffed behind her back, wrestled to the ground and arrested for refusing to show her identification to a Barstow, California police officer.
Cooks was charged with resisting arrest, but a judge later dismissed those charges.