Pregnant Kentucky woman cited by police for street camping while in labor

Officer detained woman and confiscated mattress from under a Louisville overpass after she said her water broke

A homeless woman in Kentucky was cited by police and had her mattress confiscated and destroyed as she went into labor on the streets of Louisville, local media reported.

Body camera footage obtained by Kentucky Public Radio from the city police force showed Lt Caleb Stewart walking up to a pregnant woman under an overpass in the city’s downtown area.

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