“With malice, Officer Jenkins and with the compliance of Officer Brown, repeatedly slammed Ms. Harris, causing her severe physical harm and the loss of her baby, when less force was required and should have been used,” the lawsuit states.
Kevin Lessmiller | Courthouse News
ALBANY, Ga. (CN) – A police officer’s use of excessive force against a pregnant woman caused her to have a miscarriage, she claims in Federal Court.
Kenya Harris sued the City of Albany, Ga., police chief John Proctor and officers Ryan Jenkins and Richard Brown, Jr. for excessive force, assault and battery and infliction of emotional distress.
Harris says she was called to the Albany Police Department in May 2011 after her minor son was arrested. After waiting five hours, she told Jenkins that she had other children at home and needed to leave but Jenkins responded with hostility, according to the complaint.
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“Defendant Officer Jenkins stated that he did not appreciate the tone in which she was communicating with him, and further stated that if she continued he would take her head and ‘put it to the floor,’” the complaint states.
Harris says when she again tried to explain that she needed to leave, Jenkins followed through on his threat.
“Defendant Officer Jenkins, without provocation, grabbed plaintiff, who weighs less than one hundred twenty (120) pounds, by her neck and slammed her to the ground. Plaintiff momentarily blacked out and came to with defendant Officer Jenkins sitting on her back, and with his knee on her arm. Plaintiff was pregnant at the time,” the complaint states.
“Defendant Officer Jenkins put handcuffs on plaintiff and slammed her against the wall. Plaintiff was placed into an interrogation room after she was beaten and handcuffed.”
Harris’ request for medical attention was denied and she was taken to Dougherty County Jail for the night on a charge of obstruction, according to the complaint. She says her subsequent miscarriage was a result of Jenkins’ excessive force.
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“With malice, defendants Officer Jenkins and with the compliance of Officer Brown, repeatedly slammed Ms. Harris, causing her severe physical harm and the loss of her baby, when less force was required and should have been used,” the lawsuit states.
The alleged victim says she also suffered a knee contusion, neck spasms, muscle pain and bruising from the incident.
Harris seeks $50,000 and punitive damages.
She is represented by Nikki Bonner of Bonner & Penn in Atlanta.
Published by Courthouse News Service
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Cop Grabs Pregnant Mother by Her Neck and Slams Her to Ground, Kills Her Baby: Lawsuit
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