Did This Occupy Seattle Protester Really Miscarry After Being Pepper Sprayed?
- Posted on November 23, 2011 at 9:06am by
Liz Klimas
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Jennifer Fox, 19, claims she was kicked in the stomach and pepper sprayed by Seattle police, but her story is being questioned. (Photo: Alan Berner/The Seattle Times)
Seattle police have launched an internal investigation after a 19-year-old woman says she suffered a miscarriage after being pepper sprayed at an Occupy Seattle protest.
Jennifer M. Fox, 19, says police kicked her and hit her in the stomach with a bicycle Nov. 15 and also doused her with pepper spray. She says she was three months pregnant. But her former foster mother of 10 years, Lark Stebbins, said to The Seattle Times that Fox has a history of exaggerating and never mentioned she was pregnant when they spoke recently.
Watch the local news report that includes an interview with Fox saying she plans to sue for either $10 or $25 million:
The Times says Fox has declined to provide medical records supporting her claim that she had a miscarriage five days after being hit.
Seattle police spokesman Mark Jamieson says the department is looking into the situation because of the seriousness of the allegations, according to the Times:
“Their goal is to find any — any — info that supports her claims,” he said. “You have to take her word.”
In an interview Tuesday at the Occupy Seattle encampment on Capitol Hill, Fox said she had three ultrasound pictures of her fetus in her tent, but declined to show them to reporters.
She also said she did not plan to pick up medical records at Harborview Medical Center that could document the miscarriage until after a planned memorial service Saturday, and she declined to sign a waiver allowing reporters to obtain the documents independently. She said the baby was a girl, to be named Miracle.
The Times points out that Fox says she learned about the sex of her fetus at 10 weeks, but usually the sex isn’t determined until a 16 week ultrasound. Other potential flaws in Fox’s story include the fact that she told police in September she was three months pregnant and then was later telling a KIRO reporter that the police must have misheard her because she was only one month pregnant at that time.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.





















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Comments (224)
Defiant530
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 9:47amWho in heck would breed with that thing? There isn’t enough alcohol to make her pretty
Report Post »JL320
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 9:59amMaybe not enough alcohol, but some LSD, extacy, shrooms, and a mix of other drugs alot of these protesters have for breakfast, might make her look like a princess!
Report Post »corbecket
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 9:59amEdit desk!
Someone needs to change the caption on the top picture. The woman depiced is not 19.
In any case, this sort of claim is in line with their standard of credibility. Make outlandish claims, and charges. Over time, the hope is that some of it may stick (true or not).
OWS’s Ministry of Propoganda shows promise, but they are still working at reaching a sophomoric level of efficacy.Good try kids!
Report Post »oldoldtimer
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 10:21amAny Dr can tell you in 5 minutes if she was pregnant or not. If she makes the claim then she must be examined just like a rape vivtim. I bet she refuses a medical exam. As to who would impregnate her. Liberal have no standards.
Report Post »JRook
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 10:23amI already know the Blaze well enough to know that they either already know she was not pregnant and this is a set up or they will not continue the story if she was. If she was and did, then she’s got one legitimate $$$$ lawsuit.
Report Post »dmerwin
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 10:32amoldoldtimer
Report Post »Good post. Let’s see the evidence.
MONICNE
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 10:43amThis is the same Blaze that wants to limit Abortion, and believes embryonic life is to be protected by God fearing people?
Or is this a subset of the Blaze Morality that just applies to Occupiers embryos?
Are the occupy people like Trolls? Not Human?
TEA
Report Post »JustJP
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 10:49amI was gonna say the say thing. eeewwwwww
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 11:20amIt’s become clear that OWS is now targeting their union brothers..the police. My first question is why would a woman in such condition subject her unborn child to these kinds of conditions? Well…she’s a liberal..an unborn child is merely a “blastocyst” or “fetus” to her. My next question is “where‘s the doctor’s report?”. My final question would be “who in the blue hell was drunk enough to do it with that horror?”.
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 11:40amTalk about coyote ugly……
Report Post »Eddie
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 1:02pmTrue.Not even with the help of paper bags either.
Report Post »Fubert Barr
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 1:23pmOne thing for sure …. if a human male fathered an offspring with her … it would be miraculous
Report Post »Brooke Lorren
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 1:43pmWow, so much hatred for ugly people.
I’m not the best looking myself, yet I managed to find someone that loves me. In fact, I know a lot of not-so-pretty people that managed to have children.
deeberj
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 1:57pmMONICNE
Report Post »I haven’t seen anyone say they are happy a person miscarried. They are saying they doubt the veracity of her story. Get it straight.
TexasHunter
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 2:27pmJROOK- She gets what she deserves. She is the one putting the “unborn child” at risk by going out there and protesting. Not following police orders is terms of getting sprayed. So no sympathy for her. I am glad she is not bringing a child in the world as a matter of fact. Some people just shouldn’t breed. One less welfare check out of my tax dollars.
Report Post »MONICNE
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 3:29pmWhat a bunch of hypocrites, joking about human life as if it were meaningless and personal beauty as if it were meaningful. What does your criticism have to do with harnessing Government?
You all deserve your own four white walls of sublime happiness.
TEA
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 3:46pmWere you expecting “up twinkles” for your banalities MONACNE? Try Moveon for that.
Report Post »shesfromohio
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 3:47pmI have trouble believing her story. She seems too “money focused” and by refusing to provide evidence she lacks credibility. I almost feel sorry for the girl. She looks like drugs and a rough lifestyle have taken their toll on her.
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 3:54pmMONACNE…this troglodytic woman is supposedly pregnant while “occuping” campsites with protesters who make it their business to flaunt the law and taunt police, destroy property, throw molotov cocktails, take down police barriers and all sorts of other physical confrontations….and she didn’t expect any possible harm to her supposed unborn child? And you can’t even fathom this? You’re an idiot. What business does a supposedly pregnant woman have at these increasingingly confrontational and violent protests? Did you ask yourself that, you cretinous pustule? Should the police have asked her if the test strip was blue before removing her from the site? We’ve already seen you repulsive liberals try to use children as human shields at these protests. I can cite examples if you want to play ignorant.
Report Post »Livia
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 4:14pmA very desperate man would breed with her.
Listen, I am not a raving beauty, but dang if I don’t look like it next to her.
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 4:49pmOOhh, you said princess. Didn‘t you know that’s an insult now?
Report Post »MONICNE
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 5:05pmAven Jerk, you blame the victim and are just piling up a bunch of useless excuses for claiming it’s OK to mock a lost pregnancy for “certain deserving, unsightly women, who were looking for trouble” – and you are proving the point of extreme tbagger hypocrisy that give the Taxed Enough Already a bad reputation among Independent Voters.
What if this young woman was a navy veteran who became unsightly due to cancer? Would you mock her then?
TEA
Report Post »Christine Graham
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 8:19pmMaybe she was going to name it “Miracle,” because the only way she would be able to get pregnant would be by an immaculate conception!!
Report Post »Protoham
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 8:54pmHow much intelligence do you need to know if you are pregnant, have a weak heart, or any special needs, that you do not go out into an environment like this. I guess Darwin wins again.
Report Post »Mountain Mama Martha
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 10:46pmI have no sympathy for her even if she did. If she cared so much for the unborn child, why in the hell was she there subjecting herself to the elements and refusing to move when they were told to before the pepper spray incident. I feel for the unborn child if there was one, but with a mother like her, it is better off back in God’s hands.
Report Post »truckball1
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 6:30amYeah, she wouldn’t even look good at 3 am closing time , when almost anything would do. And if she is 19 then I’m a flamming liberal.
Report Post »evaluator
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 12:27pmIn reviewing the posts, I would have to say that we all agree, she is coyote ugly. I would also have to say, as well as having a better moral outlook on life, conservatives also seem to have a much better taste in women. Maybe that’s the result of the liberal outlook, any port in a storm. If she wants to sue someone, I suggest that she sue the OWS organizers for not protecting her from herself. Stupid is what stupid does!!!
Report Post »ghostsouls
Posted on November 25, 2011 at 1:08amGet a court order to have her examined. If she wasn’t pregnant and had a miscarriage, arrest her. Making false allegations is still against the law.
Report Post »perry1980
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 9:44amI think she is taking a poop.
Report Post »TheLeftMadeMeRight
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 9:44am…assuming for a minute the story is true, maybe a pregnant mother (with half a brain) shouldn’t be locking arms and participating in a protest event?
…and to take it one step further, again, assuming the story is true, could this be an example of “natural selection”?
Report Post »nelbert
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 9:58amThat was my immediate thought. IF (big if) she really was pregnant, should she not be charged with recklessly endangering … but there I go, she wouldn’t think a fetus was human. Which, if one wanted to turn the tables here, could be the police defense.
Report Post »That she couldn’t locate the medical records tells volumes.
encinom
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 10:19amMaybe the Police shouldn’t be rioting in the streets and acting like the thugs with badges. It seems as if the Police are failing to understanding that their oath to protect the people and up hold the law and Constitution, not be th eattack dogs for the corporations and the 1%.
Report Post »brainpimp
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 10:57amWow, encinom is weapons grade stupid.
Report Post »Mtroom
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 12:35pmboy encinom how right you are…I would feel much safer with the OWS security protecting NYC than those rioting cops…The thought of these officers enforcing those pesky 1%er laws to stop vandalism, rape, and drug use is appalling…OWS security really needs to give them some of that great counseling that they are so good at.. And did you see those tax payer thugs taking that battery to the head?…How dare them interrupt that wonderful throw by stepping in the way…I also can’t believe they had the nerve to remove those OWS squatters sleeping in tents in that no camping park downtown…What were they thinking? You know, if people would just let the OWS security handle everything, crime would cease to exist…..And we all could live happily ever after.
Report Post »Vickie Dhaene
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 3:18pmI am in agreement that if she was pregnant why would she place herself and baby in harms way. Just by participating in the Occupy, knowing that she is being instructed on how to get arrested, she should be charge with reckless endangerment.
Report Post »Mountain Mama Martha
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 10:48pmHere she is protesting the rich getting rich and she’s going to sue for $10 or $15 million dollars? Give me a break!! And you have it right, the police should turn the table on her and arrest her for endangering her unborn child with her actions. Let’s see how she likes that pot of beans.
Report Post »Hyena
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 9:40amBogus claim……..next.
Report Post »Conservativegirlygirl
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 11:05amYay, as pretty much bogus as her unemployement claim thats shes currently looking for a job, but has been sitting her lazy a** in a tent for weeks just looking for a cause to fight for……
Report Post »11:11
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 9:36amWOW this girls 19? i don‘t think i’m going to extend any further comment
Report Post »smokeysmoke
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 9:39amand she wants her 30 million dollars….. yep exactly who should be at OWS
Report Post »jeanr
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 11:01pmSo, she is 19 and pregnant. And you are implying (and many others are outright saying) that because of this, she should not excercise her 1st Amendment rights. Wow and I thought Tea people loved rights. Or is it just the 2nd Amendment? Or should only people who argree with you excercise their rights? Contradictions confuse the hell out of me.
Report Post »Tired-of-fools
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 9:34amReally, who would have been the father,,,,,,,,,,,,,,a blind man? Oops,,,,,sorry,not PC.
Report Post »Cthulu
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 9:34amOn the other hand, she really is 19 years old and Marxism, bad nutrition and lots of drugs have taken their toll.
Report Post »Hyena
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 10:13am@ Cthulu
OUTSTANDING!! I’m still laughing!
Report Post »oldoldtimer
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 10:24amThis is what passes for a good looking woman in Seattle. All the fruits and berries from Ca moved in. That is why I left there.
Report Post »smokie
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 1:26pmAnd lack of proper hygriene- she needs to exfoliate!
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 2:12pm@Smokie, yeah with a fire hose and sandpaper.
Report Post »Locked
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 9:30amShe should show the medical report and ultrasounds. Not doing so, while still talking to reporters and trying to win money, smacks of lying.
Report Post »SLARTIBARTFAST
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 10:00amShe’s trying for a settlement by having her “case” tried in the media. As we all know, no evidence is required in a media trial.
Report Post »wtd
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 10:07amThree months along and has ultrasounds? Why would ultrasounds (expensive) be ordered unless there was a question of fetal viability (prior to alleged protest incident) at that very tenuous stage of pregnancy? Most miscarriages take place in first trimester.
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 4:57pmI didn’t get an ultrasound until I was close to 4 months (at the age of 25)…but I had been to the doctor already. I knew about 6 weeks in both times I was pregnant.
Report Post »AllSmyles
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 9:30amLiberals have absolutely No standards, NO shame, NO conscience, NO soul, NO respect, NO integrity, NO intelligence, NO intellect, NO decency, and they are the epitome of Arrogance, Stupidity, and Hypocrisy.. so why should anyone expect anything other than that, from them.. And they are WITHOUT A DOUBT, the most Vile, Repulsive, Repugnant, and Despicable, Sad and PATHETIC creatures, on planet earth, next to cochroaches.. It’s so hard to tell the difference
Report Post »MEDICINE TO THE DEAD
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 9:55amTell us how you really feel.
Report Post »Buzzsawone
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 1:23pmExactly!!!
Report Post »Livia
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 4:17pmYou sure told the truth that time.
Report Post »audaxrex
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 5:10pmSheesh. Know any liberals? Kumbaya and all that? We don’t bite.
Report Post »OT, anybody seen a good movie lately? I’d like to recommend “inside Job” and see if I can get you mad at someone who is actually dangerous. And loathsome..
keeperofpancakes
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 9:29amI bet she’s so proud thats shes going to be the new face of liberals being the victim of police brutality. If she really was pregnant, their going to say the baby was a matyr for the greater good. And she can’t be that upset anyhow, she probably wouldv’e got an abortion.
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 9:28amNot a very flattering picture at the top. She looks like an old gray haired woman.
Report Post »More than likely, she was due for an abortion, but claiming a miscarriage is way more profitable. I don’t think she will get anything close to 10 or 20 million, though, and THAT’s if she can come up with records, but I am sure there is sympathetic progressive doctor who can fake someone else’s record and share the booty.
sawbuck
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 9:26amWoW…R U KIDDING ME…!
The guy has to HAVE A … WWF………….A WICKED WITCH FETISH….!
Talk about beer goggles…!
If this is true.?
Report Post »Put this HAG.. behind bars… for Fetus Endagerment..!
She’s the poster child for forced sterilaztion..ugly and a idiot.
Energized
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 9:25amAppearances are #1, forget the truth!
Report Post »stormerwasright
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 9:24amWAIT ! ….and it was Herman Cains’ baby !
Report Post »kevindean3
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 9:45amand it was Bush’s fault… just saying…
Report Post »UlyssesP
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 9:54amWell that‘s one cigar I DON’T want to smell!
Report Post »Tri-ox
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 9:24amObama’s rioters are criminals, and, just like their criminal “president”, they lie about everything.
Report Post »Jezreel
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 9:23amI know that this is going to backfire on this poor destitute soul. You can tell she is lying. Her foster mother said that she is a compulsive or pathological liar and I am sure it will soon be proven. She was not smart enought to realize that they can prove whether a woman has had a miscarry or not having a physical, and also, the medical records. May this person come to know the Lord like I did.
Report Post »audaxrex
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 5:18pmYou may be right. She deserves some compassion. The comments here based on her appearance – is everybody here OK with their own looks? Did you ever do anything foolish or shameful?
Report Post »doodad
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 12:02pm@Audexrex: Why does she “deserve” compassion? Does her stank, auto-aborting ****** automatically qualify her for “compassion” if her own actions are what killed the fetus? God I am sick of people who no matter what a woman does, feel compelled to “forgive and understand” her wickedness. Its this paternalistic nonsense that keeps welfare rolls bulging with sorry women.
Report Post »Mess23
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 9:19amThe father of the child should sue her for putting their child at risk. The OWS folks are only lacking one thing – Common Sense.
Report Post »JLGunner
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 9:24amYa think she really knows who the father is?!?!?!
Report Post »SgtB
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 10:54amShould is the key word there. A father SHOULD have every right in the world to sue the mother of their child for stupid acts done against the will of the father that endanger the life of HIS child….But our legal system is rigged to treat women as “more equal” than men and men have no say in a court of law in this nation until their child is born. The only instance when the courts allow a father to sue anyone for the death of his unborn child is when a fourth party murders the child in the womb. If that murderer happens to be the mother, there is nothing a man is allowed to do in this feminazi society.
Report Post »objectivetruth
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 3:08pm@sgtb
Report Post »Good to know that you think that an unborn child belongs to the father only.. How about you carry it then?You deal with morning sickness and weight gain along with an overdistended bladder?Oops can’t do that can you.Back track yourself then.By the way the fact that some women did something stupid while pregnant with your child shows.Perhaps she aborted it.Looking at your attitude I can possibly understand why.
RugerHoyt
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 9:18amBull…wait for it….$&^%!
Report Post »tbo
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 9:17amCharge her for child endangerment. Why was she engaging in risky behavior?
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 9:17am.
Report Post »There is not enough liquor on the planet………….
Conservativegirlygirl
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 9:22amOMG, I’m in tears!!! ha
Report Post »AllSmyles
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 9:23amRoflmao
Report Post »AllSmyles
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 9:23amToo Funny
Report Post »timej31
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 9:27amI’ve heard of being a pimple on the ass of progress but what is that on her lip?
Report Post »bobbyjoe
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 9:28amI was looking for the right words but SPANK you said it best
Report Post »JohnnyMidknight
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 9:33amThe best thing is your handle and the comment…. Classic!
Report Post »I.Gaspar
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 10:01am@TIMEJ31:
Report Post »I think that’s the baby she claims she lost.
objectivetruth
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 3:10pmYes actually there is.Its just that no one individual can drink enough of it.It would kill them first.
Report Post »JLGunner
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 9:16amYou are responsible for your own illigitimate kid. This idiot should be in jail for endangerment of a minor (if she was really pregnant). Oh, I see, money will make the loss of her “supposed” unborn child all better. Typical pig.
Report Post »momsense
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 9:15amWhat the H@ll was a prego doing there in the first place? Her first concern was for her airhead philospphy, not her baby.
Report Post »Dstarr55
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 9:47amThat was my questions as well – what was she doing there? Even if I were to believe this woman’s story (lies tend to shift with the telling, while truth is more solid) she has a higher level of responsibility – she knew she was pregnant, the police did not . Officers, contrary to the spew of lies from the far left, do not pepper spray or get into shuffles with protesters unwarranted – pepper spray is used to help subdue a protester that refuses to cooperate so that they don’t have to get physical – it is the way police try to ‘not hurt’ people. I can only assume she was being confrontational or disobeying a police order in which case she is responsible for the actions the police had to take in order to restore order.
Report Post »Conservativegirlygirl
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 9:15amWell by the looks of this picture she hasn’t taken a bath or brushed her hair for weeks….
Maybe it was the scabies that had somehthing to do with it,,,,,,,,,Gross
Report Post »Conservativegirlygirl
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 9:19amPlus she looks like she’s about 50 years old.
ALSO
RODE HARD PUT AWAY WET, DEF:
1. rode hard and put away wet
Report Post »The way someone looks or feels when they’ve had a hard time of it. From a horseman’s term, when someone has not taken care of a horse after a hard day.
JLGunner
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 9:21amMost women would be looking foward to the arrival of their new bundle of joy, concentrating on diet and picking out baby cloths. this is what I consider normal behavior. Instead, this idiot decides to go out and put herself and her unborn illigitimate kid in jeopordy (if she was really pregnant). We didn’t need another one of her running around anyway.
Report Post »I am 'We the People
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 9:23amShe looks like the classic hippies of the 60s, oh wait she is one…
Report Post »Tired-of-fools
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 9:52amYou know if she was awarded that“10 or 25 million” she could get that lip fixed.
Report Post »dmerwin
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 10:39amJLGunner
Report Post »Before I became a nurse I would have thought the same thing. Unfortunately, many pregnancies are “accidents” and the reality is, it is amazing that so many kids are born healthy in spite of total lack of pre-natal care. In this case she sees the possibility of early retirement, I don’t buy the story. If true and I was on the jury I would vote to award her $1 and pay her own court costs. Her personal responsibility is as you stated.
Baikonur
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 9:13amSounds fake.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 9:12amOkay watch for this to happen:
A. She will become a media star with the progressives as a victim of “police state violence.”
Report Post »B. Obama will demand civil rights persecution of the officers.
C. In the end she will be found out to be a opportunitst wanting to make a fast buck.
Dustoff
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 9:18amIt’s Seattle, you can be assured of that. City of the Freaks & econ nuts!
Report Post »barber2
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 10:15amAnd don’t forget to mention Van Jones, Gloria Allred and Al Sharpton who will, of course, have offered to help this poor, defenseless, victim of police brutality.
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