She told a police officer she was in labor. The Louisville Metro Police Department lieutenant cited her for unlawful camping as the ambulance arrived. She had a baby later that day.

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  • quarrk [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    Sen. Whitney Westerfield, a Republican from Fruit Hill who chaired the Senate Judiciary Committee, was one of the bill’s more vocal opponents. When he learned of the citation against a woman in labor, he called it “deplorable.”

    “Where’s the humanity in that response? Where is the compassion for human life? Where is the pro-life compassion for the unborn child in that response?” Westerfield said.

    That cop is such a piece of shit that he’s making other Republicans ask if they’re the baddies

    • Belly_Beanis [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      Republicans revel in punishing women for any reason, including no reason at all. They’re more upset the cop got caught saying the quiet part outloud. They’ll talk about children and babies, but it’s just concern trolling. Republicans would never go as far as to punish cops or change the laws to protect homeless people.

  • Llituro [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    [Stewart] has issued the majority of the citations for unlawful camping in Louisville.

    glad to know there’s a new beat in town: being the basher of the unhoused

    • Llituro [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      Once in the police vehicle, Stewart narrated to himself as his body camera recorded his comments.

      “So I don’t for a second believe that this woman is going into labor,” he said.

      He returned to find the woman sitting on the ground, with legs askew and labored breathing, waiting for the ambulance. Stewart hands her a citation, and she balls it up and tosses it aside as the ambulance arrives to take her to the hospital.

      “You’re all horrible people,” she said, as she got to her feet. “I’m glad y’all got this job to f*** with the homeless and not help society.”

      Later that day she gave birth to her child, according to her attorney, Public Defender Ryan Dischinger. He said both the woman and her son are healthy three months later, and the family is now in shelter without assistance from LMPD or the court system.

      “The reality for her, and for anyone who’s homeless in Kentucky, is that they’re constantly and unavoidably breaking this law,” Dischinger said. “What she needed was help and compassion and instead she was met with violence.”

      i feel that this is the best meat in the article. it’s a microcosm of everything, whole fucking country.