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Cop allegedly pulled gun on pregnant woman over too many grocery items

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By Stephen C. Webster
Friday, February 10, 2012 15:02 EST



Police in Kendall County, Illinois said Friday that they were investigating whether an off-duty officer drew his firearm and pointed it at a pregnant woman because she had more items than Walmart recommends for self-checkout lanes.

Nicole Thurmond and husband Jason were reportedly checking out recently at a Walmart store in Oswego, Illinois when a man confronted them wearing civilian clothing, not identifying himself as an officer. The couple said it was only after his gun was drawn that the man told onlookers he was a police officer.

Nicole Thurmond told NBC Chicago that officer Craig French just walked up to her and said, “Don’t you know how to count? You are holding up the whole store.”

When her husband returned from getting an item they forgot, he described the situation he encountered as “a guy in her face, yelling at her.”