Back in 2004, Malalika Brooks was driving her son to school when she was pulled over for going 32 mph in a school zone. When she was pulled over she insisted that she was a victim of mistaken identity because it was in fact the vehicle in front of her that was speeding.
She received a ticket that needed to be signed but she refused to sign it.. believing that signing the ticket would admit guilt on her behalf but since she did not cooperate with the officers, they decided to take the situation to another level by reaching in, removing the keys from the ignition, and telling her to step out of the vehicle.
She denied these requests, even though they threatened to use the taser on her.
Although she was pregnant, the officers was not bluffing, Sgt. Steven Daman, Officer Juan Ornelas and Officer Donald Jones stunned her three times, in the thigh, shoulder and neck, hauled her out of her car and laid her face down in the street.
Luckily for her, 2 months later she gave birth to a healthy baby but still has the scars from the stun gun.
This case eventually went to court where she states that failure to sign a traffic ticket is not an arrestable offence and its not illegal to resist an unlawful arrest.
Her lawyer states, "This is outrageous -- that something like this could happen to a pregnant woman, in front of an elementary school, at 830 in the morning to someone who posed no threat whatsoever."
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