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Title: NYC Settles With Mom Who Got Pepper-Sprayed
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Courthouse News
URL Source: http://www.courthousenews.com/2011/09/02/39491.htm
Published: Sep 3, 2011
Author: ADAM KLASFELD
Post Date: 2011-09-03 08:55:28 by Eric Stratton
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Views: 92
Comments: 3
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (CN) - New York City agreed to pay $40,000 to settle the civil rights claims of a mother who went into premature labor after a cop pepper-sprayed her. Shacassie Nicole Rollins Risher was 8 months pregnant as she attended a family barbecue in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant on Aug. 2, 2008. Police officers got into a fight with a partygoer at around midnight, and called for backup. Risher's said an unidentified officer got out of his patrol car, banged his stick, and shouted, "Everyone get the fuck out of here," as she sat on a bench. "In the ensuing fracas, Risher was sprayed with pepper spray and knocked to the ground, stomach-first," according to a report authorizing the award. Risher said people told the cop she was pregnant when he was near her, but he did not back off. "The plaintiff couldn't move after being pushed to the ground and falling directly on her pregnant stomach. At this juncture, it appeared as if plaintiff's pregnant stomach had retracted inside of her," the complaint states. She was taken to Brooklyn Hospital, where she gave birth to a son the next day. About a year later, she sued New York City, its police department, and the John Doe cop. Sgt. Marshall Winston, Officers Eric Grimes, William Dugan, Giovanni Wilson, and Anthony Vassallo were added as defendants in a subsequent complaint. During discovery, Risher testified that her son stayed in the hospital for six days after his premature birth, and suffered from jaundice and chronic upper respiratory infections early in his life. In May this year, she said that her son had recovered from any injuries tied to his premature birth; she later agreed to settle her claims rather than go to trial. Her attorney Edward Zaloba will receive one-third of the settlement money; the rest will be put into an interest-bearing bank account until the boy reaches his 18th birthday on Aug. 3, 2026. Senior U.S. District Judge Frederic Block entered the settlement in an order filed Thursday. Poster Comment: When you feel threatened, as a "hero," by an 8-month along pregnant woman, then it's time to turn in your fucking badge!! Yeah yeah, we know, everyone's a threat when you're a BLAH BLAH BLAH!!! The symbol of PD's around the country ought to be a turd since that's what these swine have for brains!
NYC Settles With Mom Who Got Pepper-Sprayed
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#1. To: Eric Stratton (#0)
wow man, 40k is very few for what they did to this woman & her baby. good she got it, but she should have gotten much more. maybe she should have flipped them off during the ruckus ;-)
"Even to the death fight for truth, and the LORD your God will battle for you". Sirach 4:28
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I'd say $500K would be the MINIMUM allowable settlement for this case. MUCH more than that if there were any serious complications with the child.
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