Published on Apr 10, 2015
A video has emerged which appears to show a deputy hitting a heavily pregnant Iraq war veteran on her back during an arrest.
Deanna Robinson, of Quinlan, Texas, was 38 weeks pregnant when she says she was struck at least three times at her parents' home.
She said deputies and state workers from Child Protective Services were present to remove her 18-month-old son because of allegations of abuse or neglect following a fight between her and her husband.
The March 4 video shows a group of people in the kitchen of her parents' home - her mother is holding her son as two officers struggle with Robinson.
Her parents' home surveillance system records in intervals - it captured about 30 seconds of the confrontation.
Robinson, 38, is cornered and there are two officers behind her - she is not clearly visible, but is near the kitchen counter.
In the video, which was posted to Facebook and YouTube, Robinson can be heard screaming 'Let go, you know I'm pregnant.'
But then one of the officers appears to hit her with his fist and his arm raises again.
The camera cuts off, but Robinson, who received the Air Force's highest honor, the Airman's Medal, after helping drag several soldiers from a burning plane in Iraq, insists he struck her about three of four more times.
'I'm 38 weeks pregnant, and with my stomach again repeatedly pressed into that counter, and with my 18-month old son watching his mother be assaulted, and him screaming in fear,' Robinson said to WFAA.
'There's nothing that warrants what they did to me.'
Robinson spent six days in jail after being charged with resisting arrest, interfering with child custody and assaulting an officer.
Robinson says her stomach hit the kitchen counter repeatedly during the incident, causing bruising.
There are photos of the alleged injuries on a Facebook group set up by friends about her case.
Six days later her son, Levi was born.
'It's ridiculous, it's insane,' she said to NBCDFW.
'I was handcuffed almost immediately and shoved into a corner by two giant men. I wouldn't have had an opportunity to assault anyone. There's nothing to warrant what they did to me.'
She says CPS were called as she and her husband - with who she says she has a rocky relationship - had an argument at their home.
She says she went to her parent's home with her toddler son, but her stepson, who has cerebral palsy and is in a wheelchair, told his teacher about the incident - who in turn reported it to CPS.
On March 3, CPS investigators removed her three stepchildren - ranging in age from six to nine - from their home.
Then Robinson received a call from a CPS investigator telling her that he wanted to talk to her about the incident as well as check up on her toddler son.
But she says when they arrived, they told her they were they to take her son.
She says she stepped in front of her son as she tried to close the door and put her hands up as she screamed 'No, you're not touching my kid.'
Robinson says they pushed past her as she demanded to see the paperwork and handcuffed her.
Her toddler is currently in temporary CPS custody.
Levi is being cared for by her parents.
On Monday Hunt County Sheriff Randy Meeks posted a statement on the department's Facebook page after the video went viral.
It read: 'I have become aware of an internet allegation accusing one of my deputies of improper actions.
'I have initiated an administrative investigation to determine if any policy violations occurred.'
Deanna Robinson, of Quinlan, Texas, was 38 weeks pregnant when she says she was struck at least three times at her parents' home.
She said deputies and state workers from Child Protective Services were present to remove her 18-month-old son because of allegations of abuse or neglect following a fight between her and her husband.
The March 4 video shows a group of people in the kitchen of her parents' home - her mother is holding her son as two officers struggle with Robinson.
Her parents' home surveillance system records in intervals - it captured about 30 seconds of the confrontation.
Robinson, 38, is cornered and there are two officers behind her - she is not clearly visible, but is near the kitchen counter.
In the video, which was posted to Facebook and YouTube, Robinson can be heard screaming 'Let go, you know I'm pregnant.'
But then one of the officers appears to hit her with his fist and his arm raises again.
The camera cuts off, but Robinson, who received the Air Force's highest honor, the Airman's Medal, after helping drag several soldiers from a burning plane in Iraq, insists he struck her about three of four more times.
'I'm 38 weeks pregnant, and with my stomach again repeatedly pressed into that counter, and with my 18-month old son watching his mother be assaulted, and him screaming in fear,' Robinson said to WFAA.
'There's nothing that warrants what they did to me.'
Robinson spent six days in jail after being charged with resisting arrest, interfering with child custody and assaulting an officer.
Robinson says her stomach hit the kitchen counter repeatedly during the incident, causing bruising.
There are photos of the alleged injuries on a Facebook group set up by friends about her case.
Six days later her son, Levi was born.
'It's ridiculous, it's insane,' she said to NBCDFW.
'I was handcuffed almost immediately and shoved into a corner by two giant men. I wouldn't have had an opportunity to assault anyone. There's nothing to warrant what they did to me.'
She says CPS were called as she and her husband - with who she says she has a rocky relationship - had an argument at their home.
She says she went to her parent's home with her toddler son, but her stepson, who has cerebral palsy and is in a wheelchair, told his teacher about the incident - who in turn reported it to CPS.
On March 3, CPS investigators removed her three stepchildren - ranging in age from six to nine - from their home.
Then Robinson received a call from a CPS investigator telling her that he wanted to talk to her about the incident as well as check up on her toddler son.
But she says when they arrived, they told her they were they to take her son.
She says she stepped in front of her son as she tried to close the door and put her hands up as she screamed 'No, you're not touching my kid.'
Robinson says they pushed past her as she demanded to see the paperwork and handcuffed her.
Her toddler is currently in temporary CPS custody.
Levi is being cared for by her parents.
On Monday Hunt County Sheriff Randy Meeks posted a statement on the department's Facebook page after the video went viral.
It read: 'I have become aware of an internet allegation accusing one of my deputies of improper actions.
'I have initiated an administrative investigation to determine if any policy violations occurred.'
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