You're hurting my son!

What a woman yelled as New York City police officers aggressively pulled and yanked her 1-year-old child out of her arms so they could arrest her on charges of trespassing and resisting arrest for refusing to stand up at a government welfare office where she was renewing her child care benefits. There were no chairs available, so she sat on the floor in the corner.

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What a woman yelled as New York City police officers aggressively pulled and yanked her 1-year-old child out of her arms so they could arrest her on charges of trespassing and resisting arrest for refusing to stand up at a government welfare office where she was renewing her child care benefits. There were no chairs available, so she sat on the floor in the corner.

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Caroline Cournoyer is GOVERNING's senior web editor.
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