BLM Enraged After Pregnant Black Woman Taken Down And Arrested After Interfering With And Arrest

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City, Missouri, police officials conducted a press conference Thursday to address a controversial video that surfaced Thursday on social media, showing officers arresting a pregnant woman near East 35th Street and Prospect Avenue.

Police claim the woman was interfering with an arrest, but her attorney says officers were unhappy she was videotaping them and "calling for accountability from the officer" during a gathering for a balloon release.

KCPD Captain Dave Jackson said officers were called to a business in that area shortly before 11 p.m. Wednesday night after a security officer reported about 15 to 20 people fighting on the property.

The property owner asked police to remove anyone who wasn't buying anything from the business.

"One of the men on scene physically interfered with the investigation and refused to leave," Jackson said. "When officers attempted to arrest the man, the crowd physically prevented the officer from arresting the man."

The unidentified man took off running and tripped shortly after officers attempted to take him into custody.

KCPD officers caught up with him and again tried to take him into custody. That's when the pregnant woman tried to pull the man away from the officers, according to Jackson.

Police said the woman was given repeated warnings to leave and was only arrested after she refused. She resisted the arresting officer's attempts to place her in handcuffs while standings, which is why she was taken to the ground.