Awoman whose 1-year-old child was wrenched from her armsby officers in New York City in a video that went viral is to receive a cash settlement from the city.
Jazmine Headley is set to receive a $ (********************************************************, settlementafter filing a lawsuit in federal court in August over the incident last year, NBC affiliate WNBC reported.
Headley was holding her child while at a social-services office in Brooklynon Dec. 7, 2019, to inquire about her child care benefits, her lawsuit says.
She was sitting on the floor in a crowded waiting room, the suit says, when officers at the agency demanded she leave. She responded that she wanted to see a suprevisor.
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Video of the incident taken by a bystander and posted on social media shows Headley on the floor on her back with several officers surrounding her as one tried to rip her child from her arms. She can be heard saying, “They’re hurting my son! They’re hurting my son.”
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