An #officer's #bodycam video shows what the #ACLU alleges was a #wrongfularrest and the wrestling to the ground of an eight months #pregnant #blackwoman after she got into an argument with a #whitewoman outside a school in #Barstow #California. "I'd say it's pretty horrifying because the parent is dropping off her second-grade daughter (and) got into altercation with another parent," #JessicaPrice, an attorney for the #AmericanCivilLibertiesUnionofSouthernCalifornia, said of the video, posted online by the group. The women were upset with each over a driving dispute. "A lot of people are going to look at this and going to say there is some level of #racialprofiling and bias going on here," Price said. The city of Barstow, however, said police acted properly in the January arrest of #CharlenaMichelleCooks of Barstow, though a charge of #resistingarrest against her was dropped. "It is apparent that Ms. Cook actively resisted arrest," the city statement said. The city also disputed the ACLU's #racial characterization of the incident.
