Crime & Justice

Black Woman Shackled While Giving Birth Gets $750,000 Settlement From New York City

‘FELT LIKE A FAILURE’

The anonymous woman filed a civil-rights lawsuit last month that said she was arrested two days past her due date in December 2018.

Jamie Ross
Jamie Ross 

News Correspondent

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Jamie Ross

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News Correspondent

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