SOUTHFIELD, Mich. Southfields police chief is defending the officers accused of police brutality in a lawsuit filed by a pregnant woman who said three officers assaulted her and caused her to lose her unborn baby. Southfield police Chief Elvin Barren said this is not a case of police brutality. He said hes appalled by allegations that his officers would treat a Black resident differently than a White resident or knowingly use a Taser on a pregnant woman. When you look at the narrative that was suggested: that we knowingly would Tase a pregnant woman -- that is appalling to me, Barren said. It is also alarming to me that it was suggested that this police department would have treated her differently if she was a White woman from an affluent community.

SOUTHFIELD, Mich. Southfield police are responding to a lawsuit filed by a woman who said that police brutality caused her to lose her unborn baby. Video shows the chaotic between the woman and the officers who were responding to a complaint about her. According to the lawsuit, on Jan. 9 Crystal White, 38, of Southfield, was involved in a verbal altercation with her mother, sister and brother-in-law at her mothers residence. According to the lawsuit, White was pregnant at the time of the arrest and lost her unborn child. I dont believe that if this was in Bloomfield Hills a pregnant White woman would be Tased on a welfare check, Fieger said.

SOUTHFIELD, Mich. – A woman is suing the Southfield Police Department and three of its officers alleging that excessive force led her to lose her unborn baby. White gathered her belongings and began packing her car when three Southfield officers, Officer J. Woodside, Officer M. Fair and Officer A. Rucinski, arrived on scene and accused her of being armed, according to the lawsuit. White denied being armed and lifted her shirt to expose her waistline, according to the lawsuit. When Woodside stepped back, Fair deployed his Taser and struck White in the abdomen, according to the lawsuit. According to the lawsuit, White’s baby died on Feb. 22.