A Merrillville woman’s lawyer said recently released bodycam footage backs up her accusations that Lake County Sheriff’s deputies forcibly pulled her from a vehicle during an arrest despite knowing she was pregnant.

Three months later, she had a miscarriage .

I’m “(expletive) pregnant,” Shikeia Randolph, 31, yells just before two officers pull her from a red Chevrolet Trailblazer, according to video obtained by the Post-Tribune through a public records request.

A federal lawsuit accusing the officers of excessive force was filed two months ago in the U.S. District Court in Hammond. It alleges that a 3:24 a.m. traffic stop on June 5, 2023 was “pretextual” — for an issue with a license plate cover, then a school truancy warrant — and quickly spiraled out of control.

The video from an o

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