Montgomery, AL — Diamond Davis, a 27-year old pregnant mother from Alabama, was arrested for allegedly driving with improper license plates and other non-violent offense.
She was detained overnight at the Montgomery City Jail, where several employees and inmates had already tested positive for the virus.
On April 19, Davis was driving home when she was stopped by police because she was using expired temporary license plates.
Briddell also implied that Davis’ “extreme nonviolent cases” and 16 outstanding warrants justified her arrest and detention.
However, women’s rights advocates believe that Davis was a victim of a vicious cycle of arrests that mainly target Black people, wherein they are given tickets that they can’t afford so they miss court hearings and then get detained when pulled over.
