Video Shows Cops Pulling Guns on Couple Driving to Hospital to Give Birth

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An Indiana couple who were on their way to the hospital to give birth claim that police officers unlawfully pulled them over and then pointed a gun at the pregnant woman's belly while arresting the father-to-be so that he missed his daughter's birth.

Dana and James Reiner were driving to the hospital in January 2012 when a police cruiser turned on its siren and lights to signal the car to pull over. James Reiner instead called 911 to alert the police vehicle that he and his wife was on their way to give birth and continued driving for another mile before pulling over at the persistence of the police cruiser.

As soon as James Reiner opens the car door and before he can get out of the car, Hebron officer Anthony Dandurand can he heard in the video yelling at him to show his hands. "I will shoot you, you piece of shite! Get on the ground!"

The NW Times also reports that Dandurand alleged the car chase went on for five miles — a statement he later retracted when the dashcam footage was played in court, forcing the cop to admit the chase was only a mile long.

The video also includes some remarkable audio: After the police realize that the couple really did have a medical emergency, one officer can be heard saying, twice, "I'll get rid of the video." Another officer, presumably Dandurand since it's his cruiser's dash cam video, can be heard saying, "Ah, I don't care about the video."

Portage Police Chief Troy Williams has defended Officer Dandurand, saying he had been a model employee since joining his department in 2012 and "should not be demonized for one unfortunate incident." (Cop speak for dindunuffin?)