“If you make any movement, it’ll be the last mistake you’ll ever make,' the deputy told Ebony Washington, a Black woman, in front of her three young kids.
The Bradford County Sheriff’s Department has since tried to distance itself from Desue’s actions, confirming to a CBS affiliate that the deputy had several disciplinary strikes on his record prior to his threats to Washington. “We’re not condoning his behavior at all,” Sheriff’s Office Colonel Brad Smiththe outlet. “I mean, watching it, hearing it… [It’s] completely unprofessional, completely out of line for how we want to present ourselves here at the Bradford County Sheriff’s Office.
Desue’s handcuffing of Washington is especially concerning. Advocates and experts have for years fought to stop pregnant incarcerated people from being shackled. The American Medical Association has called shackling pregnant people “a that needlessly inflicts excruciating pain and humiliation,” and notes that restraining pregnant people “increases their potential for physical harm from an accidental trip or fall.”Violence against pregnant people—and especially pregnant people of color—is an endemic issue among law enforcement, from traumatic incidents like Desue’s mistreatment of Washington to the shackling of pregnant incarcerated people, to the punishment of pregnant people who have experienced harm.
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