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23rd April 2021
03:38pm BST

An hour after the delivery, officers put her in handcuffs again which made it very difficult for the woman to breastfeed.
The next day, the handcuffs were finally removed and the woman and her newborn were allowed to leave the hospital.
The woman, who is black, spoke to CNN about the treatment she received from police officials.
"That was not my birth plan," she said. "I felt like a failure to my unborn because that wasn't something that was planned for neither of us."
She continued: "I just didn't feel like myself anymore after that. I feel like my memory got taken away. And still I'm in pain."
Her attorney, Anne Oredeko, said that the first breath the baby had was "born out of violence".
Following on from this ordeal in 2018, the woman filed a lawsuit for emotional distress and the violation of her civil rights, along with attorney fees and other costs.
Earlier this week, a judge approved for the woman in question to receive a settlement of $750,000 (€621,631).