Injured citizens have won 100+ lawsuits against Baltimore in 4 years. $125K went to this pregnant lady

[pnwmom]

who was a WITNESS to a crime before police brutality turned her into a collateral victim.

Brown, who was then 26, could hear the officers yelling at the victims and came outside to urge the officers to chase the girls who had fled. An argument started, and Galletti lunged at her, she later testified in court.

She grabbed the iron railing, but Galletti wrapped his arm around her neck. She said she screamed that she was pregnant, but Galletti responded, “[We] hear it all the time.”

“He comes and grabs my arms,” Brown, who had no criminal record, testified. “He’s like, ‘You’re getting arrested. You’re coming with me.’”

“They slammed me down on my face,” Brown added, her voice cracking. “The skin was gone on my face. ...

“I was tossed like a rag doll. He had his knee on my back and neck. She had her knee on my back trying to put handcuffs on me.”

http://data.baltimoresun.com/news/police-settlements/

[libdem4life]

1. You hear it all the time? You only arrest women? Seriously, I hope the woman did not lose the baby

and she didn't get much, but at least it's a token.

I'm thinking we're going to hear more and more about Baltimore. Oh yeah, and violence doesn't solve anything, I agree, but it sure as hell forces people to pay attention.

[Gothmog]

2. That number of lawsuits tells me a great deal about how the Baltimore PD operates