Ashley Denney was about seven months pregnant in 2022 when police handcuffed her during an arrest in Carroll County, Georgia. Officers shackled her even though the state bans the use of restraints on pregnant women in custody beginning at the second trimester. In early July, she said, it happened again. “I asked the officer, ‘Please, pull over. I’m not supposed to be handcuffed. I’m pregnant,’”...
