Pregnant Women Hit, Pepper-Sprayed By Police, Miscarries - Polidicks

[b]Pregnant Woman Blasted with Pepper Spray by SPD Says She Miscarried[/b] [release] One of Occupy Seattle's outspoken activists who blogs under the name Ian Awesome has a post up this afternoon about the pregnant woman who was hit in last Tuesday's pepper spray attack by Seattle police: On the 20th, Jeniffer Fox received news that she has miscarried, and alleges the miscarriage is due to the injuries she received during the police action on the 15th. [b]"It hurts. It's upsetting. I was ready to have a kid, because my family was going to support me in taking care of the child. Her name was going to be Miracle."[/b] UPDATE: Jennifer Fox, 19, spoke to The Stranger at the Occupy Seattle encampment at Seattle Central Community College. Fox claimed that she was three months pregnant last Tuesday evening when she joined an Occupy Seattle march that stopped at the intersection of 5th Avenue and Pine Street. "I was standing in the middle of the crowd when the police started moving in," she says. [b]"I was screaming, 'I am pregnant, I am pregnant. Let me through. I am trying to get out.'" At that point, Fox continues, a Seattle police officer lifted his foot and it hit her in the stomach, and another officer pushed his bicycle into the crowd, again hitting Fox in the stomach.[/b] "Right before I turned, both cops lifted their pepper spray and sprayed me. My eyes puffed up and my eyes swelled shut," she says. Fox asked for medical attention—the now-famous photo by Josh Trujillo of her being carried to the ambulance is here (click to the second photo)—and was rushed to Harborview Medical Center, she says, where doctors performed an ultrasound and said that they "didn't see anything wrong with the baby at the time." Fox says she had also seen a physician at Harborview for prenatal care about five week before. "Everything was going okay until yesterday, when I started getting sick, cramps started, and I felt like I was going to pass out," Fox says. A friend called for an ambulance near the community college campus. (Fox says she has been camping with Occupy Seattle since it first began in Westlake Park. She is homeless and says, "I don't have a place. This is the place I call home.") When she arrived at Harborview at 11:00 a.m., she says, a doctor told her that [b]"there was no heartbeat" from the baby. "They diagnosed that I was having a miscarriage. They said the damage was from the kick and that the pepper spray got to it [the fetus], too."[/b] As for joining the protests, she says, "I was worried about it, but I didn't know it would be this bad. I didn't know that a cop would murder a baby that's not born yet... I am trying to get lawyers." I repeatedly asked Fox if she could provide any medical records that confirm the miscarriage or that the clash with police officers caused it. She did not have copies but says she asked her case worker at Harborview to provide her with records (I'll continue to ask for follow-up evidence and post if and when Fox provides those records). Harboview officials say they cannot provide any information, of course, except that medical records would mention those details. The Seattle Police Department did not immediately respond to request for comment. UPDATE at 11:30 PM: IowaBoyDave posted a disturbing video of Fox taken Tuesday night, just after she was pepper sprayed and before medics arrived.[/release] Emphasis mine. I would love to see the Seattle Police explain THIS one! Also, is anyone an expert in fetus/baby related law? Does the fact the fetus was 3 months old make it involuntary abortion, or murder? Either way, this is the worst case of brutality I have heard thus far! Also: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3F1ItGFF9sQ[/media] Source: [url]http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2011/11/21/pregant-woman-blasted-with-pepper-spray-by-spd-reportedly-miscarries[/url] I will find more sources as they pop up.

if that happen to my future wife carrying my child... I will fucking kill the cop... literately the most bloodiest way possible and bathe in his blood... this is so fucking beyond the line. edit: now the people who voted me dumb are either stupid or retarded. Let see how you guys like it if this child was yours and a corrupted officer forcefully cause a miscarriage...

This is murder, this is ridiculous.

[QUOTE=MasterG;33382500]That's terrible. I know someone will point out that she shouldn't be there if she was pregnant, but she was trying to leave the area to protect her child.[/QUOTE] True, someone will always try to blame the victim. The only people to blame are the cops who perpetrated the crime.

[quote=asteroidrules]what an idiot. obviously this is a sign that america-haters are just wasting their time. that baby was gonna probably be neglected and taught to be an al-qaeda anyway, so this is a good thing. flame me all you want, im right.[/quote]

My goodness, this is fucking TERRIBLE [B]WHAT THE FUCK [/B] I thought the pepper spray was bad, BUT THIS. I will have a fit if nothing is done

[QUOTE=MasterG;33382500]I know someone will point out that she shouldn't be there if she was pregnant, but she was trying to leave the area to protect her child.[/QUOTE] I was wondering that but when it said she was trying to get out they had no reason to kick her back in If somebody's trying to give up then you let them

[QUOTE=kaze4159;33382576]I was wondering that but when it said she was trying to get out they had no reason to kick her back in If somebody's trying to give up then you let them[/QUOTE] No, all these peaceful protesters are breaking the law, therefore they must all be arrested and tagged to protect our beautiful USA.

[QUOTE=CheeseMan;33382556]asteroidrules quote[/QUOTE] i wont be surprised when he literally posts that

The cops at every Occupy movement are pretty much screwing themselves over

The fuck is with these guys and pepper spray? It's like they're trying to make it a symbol of police brutality.

Seriously hearing this news really piss me off. It like I really want an inquisition to happen to the cops.

they should just take pepper spray away from cops. they only seem to use it on people who it shouldn't be happening to and they just shoot the people it SHOULD be happening to anyway

Greatest contry in the world, hello, I have a question; Why is nothing done about these fucking pigs?

The part about her not being left to leave should also be investigated. If this is true the officers should be charged with involuntary manslaughter or something similar.

[QUOTE=Lachz0r;33382677]they should just take pepper spray away from cops. they only seem to use it on people who it shouldn't be happening to and they just shoot the people it SHOULD be happening to anyway[/QUOTE] It just seems that way because honestly whens the last time you read a police report "Man Justly pepper sprayed, he certainly had it coming" and it wasn't from fox news about the protest?

This is terrible, I hope they find the individuals responsible and punish them

Well, I thought the first murder would be more along the lines of some 20 something. Not a defenseless fetus.

Police brutality is at a new extreme because, they claim the protests grow violent as (I'm guessing) the individuals protesting grow impatient. When In reality, a stupid police officer hits a guy with a baton, and as a mass they defend each other. It's a pack mentality, for they can't do anything alone.

And not even a few comments in and you get a piece of shit excuse of a human being spouting their idiotic opinion. [quote=Dumbass] I love how it's only a child to the Left if it makes a useful talking point, but only a child* to the Right if it's about to be aborted. Ironic, no? Oh well. She had no business having a kid anyway, being homeless and expecting her parents to take care of it for her and all. If they were actually going to help her, then why was she homeless? Or is it most likely that she just wanted to pop out a spawn for the money? Nothing like a mom that lists drinking and 420 as her hobbies... [/quote]

what have we learned today? the real threats are pregnant women. :wink:

[QUOTE=person11;33382442] [b]"It hurts. It's upsetting. I was ready to have a kid, because my family was going to support me in taking care of the child. Her name was going to be Miracle."[/b] [/QUOTE] Oh the irony.

This is terrible if it's true.

[QUOTE=darkedone02;33382476]if that happen to my future wife carrying my child... I will fucking kill the cop... literately the most bloodiest way possible and bathe in his blood... this is so fucking beyond the line.[/QUOTE] Hahahahahahahahaha. I highly doubt that. Enjoy life in prison being treated extra shitty by the guards.

[QUOTE=Djentleman;33382873]Hahahahahahahahaha. I highly doubt that. Enjoy life in prison being treated extra shitty by the guards.[/QUOTE] Not many crimes are well thought out, so in the event, he'll enjoy prison.

[QUOTE=Djentleman;33382873]Hahahahahahahahaha. I highly doubt that. Enjoy life in prison being treated extra shitty by the guards.[/QUOTE] Don't call him out on his over-exaggeration. Every man is aloud to dream.

It's a horrible atrocity, and the cops should definitely be punished. Still, the woman seemed fairly unfit to have a child. I understand that she was trying to protect it by leaving, and that's great, but being homeless and putting your unborn child in potential danger in the first place raises questions in itself. Again, that doesn't justify anything, but it's something to consider.

If being at a protest is a dangerous situation itself something is wrong with America.

oh god, nothing that happened before this was shit compared to this. Now this shit is going to [b]EXPLODE[/b].

I highly doubt the OC caused the miscarriage. It was likely the physical trauma that caused it. There also could be other factors that we honestly do not know about and likely will not hear of.