By Nikita Stewart
Jazmine Headley, whose chaotic arrest at
a public benefits office in Brooklyn two months ago sparked a national
outcry, testified with tears in her eyes at a City Council hearing
Monday, recounting the day that her 1-year-old son was wrested from her
arms as she struggled to hold on to him.
“It’s
not just the fact that I was arrested. It was the harsh way that I was
treated by people who are supposed to help me,” she said, adding later,
“In my case, I was just sitting. A peaceful act.”
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Source: The New York Times
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