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Cops Pepper Spray and Beat Pregnant Woman, Causing Her Unborn Baby to Die--Lawsuit

• thefreethoughtproject.com By Matt Agorist

A family has filed a lawsuit against the NYPD after they say they were assaulted, pepper sprayed, and brutalized by cops for no reason. According to the lawsuit, 31-year-old Norma Reyes, who was pregnant at the time, lost her unborn child as a result of the abuse — part of which was captured on video.

The incident happened in May and, according to the family, it was an act of retaliation by the NYPD. In spite of Reyes, Julius Segars, the father of her unborn child, and his 16-year-old cousin Kurt Gorin, all being assaulted and arrested by police — none of them were charged with a crime.

The trio's attorney, Nicholas Mindicino, told Patch.com that Reyes' miscarriage due to police brutality "is something that the court will need to sort out."


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