Mom who had baby ripped from arms in video, gets NYC Council apology

The Brooklyn mother whose baby was ripped from her arms in a viral video shot at a public assistance office received a public apology Monday from the New York City Council, 纽约时报 报道. After Jazmine Headley offered emotional testimony to council members recounting a harrowing experience in which authorities grabbed her 1-year-old son from her arms at the assistance office, where she waited to learn why her benefits had been cut off, New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson offered an impassioned apology. Headley, who had taken the day off from work to resolve her benefits situation, was arrested and had to spend four nights at the city jail facility on Riker’s Island before charges were dropped.

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