Officer Dandurand stops couple on way to give birth. Arrests father to be so he misses birth [View all]

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Happened a few years ago. Seems video is being released now

Cops Hold Couple at Gunpoint for Driving to Hospital to Give Birth, father misses birth

Infuriating Dashcam Video Shows Cops Hold Couple at Gunpoint for Driving to Hospital to Give Birth
A father missed his daughter's birth because cops locked him in jail for driving his pregnant wife to the hospital.

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As Reiner attempted to explain to Hebron officers Anthony Dandurand and Travis Thomas that his wife was about to give birth to a baby and that he was on the phone with dispatch, they had nothing of it.

“I will shoot you, you piece of s—! Get on the ground!” yells Dandurand as he points his gun at the distressed couple.

Reiner, in an exercise of futility, continues to plead with the officers to communicate that his wife is in labor. But this effort is to no avail. As Dandurand rushes up to the panicked father to be, he smashes the submissive man’s head into the pavement.

On the other side of the car is officer Thomas, who is holding Dana Reiner at gunpoint as she screams that her water has broken, and she needs to get to the hospital.

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Prior to the ambulance showing up, these stellar public servants were busy taunting a father to be with jail time. According to the couple, when they pleaded with the officer to help them, Dandurand replied, “You will be in jail tonight, and you will not be there when your child is born.”

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These maniacs nearly caused the death of an infant because of their jackboot tactics and disregard for civil rights. One would obviously assume that they’ve both been fired, right?

Wrong.

According to Portage Police Chief Troy Willians, Dandurand, who now serves as a K-9 officer, has been a model officer since joining the department in June 2012, five months after the Hebron incident.

“Officer Dandurand should not be demonized for one unfortunate incident in which several factors played into the outcome,” Williams said.

http://www.alternet.org/civil-liberties/cops-hold-couple-gunpoint-nearly-kill-them-and-unborn-child-driving-hospital-give

After the couple explained the situation, Dandurand reportedly told James: "You will be in jail tonight, and you will not be there when your child is born."

When Dana got out of the car to show the police that her water broke, she recalled a gun laser sight was pointed on her pregnant stomach by Sgt. Travis Thomas, who had arrived at the scene.

Dana recalled that the police told her to "get back in the f------- car."

"I thought, 'OK,'" Dana added. "I'm not going to let them shoot my kid. I got back in the car."

Dandurand and Thomas called an ambulance and made Dana wait for paramedics, who barely got her to the hospital on time in Crown Point, Indiana.

Dana's doctor had to unwrap the umbilical cord from her baby Abigail's neck, and reportedly said the infant would have died if Dana had given birth on the roadside.

http://www.opposingviews.com/i/society/indiana-cops-pull-guns-pregnant-woman-husband-speeding-hospital-video