Jazmine Headley, Whose Child Was Torn From Her Arms at a City Office, Gets a Public Apology

 

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