Pregnant Woman Claims Ferguson, Mo., Police Assaulted Her

Pregnant protester Mikiesha Wickerson claims she was thrown to the ground and maced by police in Ferguson, Mo., where there has been unrest since Saturdayโ€™s fatal police shooting of unarmed teen Michael Brown.ย  Suggested Reading How Tina Knowles Schooled Folks Hating on Beyoncรฉ For Singing the National Anthem on Tour What’s Happening to Diddy’s Fortune?…

Pregnant protester Mikiesha Wickerson claims she was thrown to the ground and maced by police in Ferguson, Mo., where there has been unrest since Saturdayโ€™s fatal police shooting of unarmed teen Michael Brown.ย 

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Wickerson told KMOVย that she and her cousins were yelling at police in their unmoving and closed car when police wearing riot gear rushed the vehicle. The police allegedly pulled everyone out of the car and arrested all of the occupants. According to the news station, there is also cellphone footage that captured the alleged assault.

โ€œThey was just like, โ€˜If yโ€™all donโ€™t shut up, weโ€™re gonna mace yโ€™all and take yโ€™all to jail,โ€™โ€ Wickerson told the news station.

โ€œI was like, โ€˜Can I please get some air?โ€™ because I started contracting and I was sweating and had the mace running through my eyes,โ€ Wickerson told the news station. ย 

Wickerson was taken to the hospital and told that her child should be fine.

Read more at KMOV.

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