Woman claims IMPD officer's beating caused miscarriage
Jennie Runevitch/Eyewitness News
Indianapolis - The Indianapolis Metro Police chief plans to investigate allegations of police brutality involving one of his officers.
An Indianapolis woman is suing the city in federal court. LaDonna Dixon claims the officer beat her so severely during an arrest that she had a miscarriage.
"[He was] punching me, kicking me, after he maced me," Dixon said.
"This person was angry, was enraged and just beat her," said Dixon's attorney, Everett Powell. "I would say it's a crime."
LaDonna Dixon is suing the city over what she claims happened in her yard last June. She says she was helping a friend who collapsed from a seizure and needed medicine.
When police arrived, the complaint says Officer Scott Childers told Dixon she was disrupting emergency crews and that she needed to get in her house.
Dixon admits she argued with Childers, but says that's when the officer turned violent.
"He says I was resisting arrest, but I don't see how I'm resisting when I'm already handcuffed and maced," Dixon said.
Dixon claims that the beating continued even after she told the officer she was three months pregnant. She says she miscarried at Marion County's arrestee processing center, just hours after her arrest.