Sickening! Springfield, Ill. Police Use Taser On 8-Months Pregnant Woman, Lucinda White [Video/Pics]

Video And Pics After The Jump

Police officers should be allowed to use force when necessary, but there are some situations when certain cops give their counterparts a bad name when they cross the line and abuse their power.

One such incident took place on Saturday, March 30th, when police used a taser on a woman who is eight months pregnant.

29-year old Lucinda White and her boyfriend Frederic Thomas, called police when they got into an argument in the parking lot of a Best Buy with a man they say hit their car.

Lucinda White

When police arrived they said White and her 31-year old boyfriend were uncooperative and cursed at them.

Authorities claim the couple were "actively fighting" with an officer, which prompted them to use force.

"I'm pulling on my daughter's father. I did not touch a police officer. I know not to touch a police officer," said White.

Camera footage shows an officer manhandling the pregnant woman, wrestling her to the ground and tasing her.

Thomas was also tasered. He can be heard on the tape yelling at the police officers for the way they treated his girlfriend.

"That's my f*cking baby over there," he says. "Y'all motherf*ckers is grimy man."

Frederic Thomas

"I was face down in the pavement after being tased. That's when I seen my daughter's mother, knees in her back, stomach all in the concrete, face down," Thomas told KSDK.

Thomas and White were both taken into custody and charged with aggravated battery and resisting arrest. They were released from the Sangamon County Jail on Sunday evening.

A $350 bond was set for Thomas, none was set for White. They will appear in court in May.

Watch footage of the incident below.