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Racism continues to be a problem in this day and age, humanity goes completely out the window when you think of some of the things that have been occurring lately.

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A Police Officer from Chicago has been accused of assaulting a pregnant woman by punching her in the stomach, and reports say it was caught on camera footage but what has the African American community irate is what led up to the assault. The woman had told Fox 32 News that what initiated the punch was when she and other residents began to laugh at the officer as he was chasing a suspected drug dealer that was able to out run police also the police officer then allegedly began to say racist remarks to the woman. Nicole Robinson who is eight months pregnant showed reports where the officer punched her after shoving her while she was holding her 1 year old son she added. The apartment buildings where this took place have several different security cameras and Robinson explained that a woman that works with the management company told her the video clearly shows that the officer punched her which ended up causing her to go into premature labor. She spent five hours at the West Suburban Hospital under observation before she was allowed to go home. The Independent Police Review Authority has began an investigation. You can hear more about the incident in the video below.

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