{"id":28246,"date":"2022-12-24T20:19:17","date_gmt":"2022-12-25T01:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=28246"},"modified":"2022-12-24T20:19:26","modified_gmt":"2022-12-25T01:19:26","slug":"lakeland-activists-want-answers-after-multiple-videos-showed-a-police-officer-punching-a-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2022\/12\/24\/lakeland-activists-want-answers-after-multiple-videos-showed-a-police-officer-punching-a-man\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakeland activists want answers after multiple videos showed a police officer punching a man"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Polk County activists are calling for answers after videos posted on social media show a\u00a0man punched by a Lakeland Police officer\u00a0<\/a>several times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The incident happened during an arrest on Dec. 18, when 36-year-old Antwan Glover was pulled over for not wearing a seatbelt. A strong smell of marijuana prompted officers to ask Glover to step outside the vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to an affidavit<\/a>, Glover created a struggle when officers asked him to place his hands behind his back. The affidavit states Glover resisted arrest and placed an officer in a chokehold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a video<\/a> obtained by Lakeland Gazette, Glover is already on the ground when he\u2019s punched repeatedly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Clayton Cowart with the Poor and Minority Justice Association said he\u2019s disappointed by the footage.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Dr. Clayton Cowart<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

\u201cIf the tables were turned and there was a citizen that was beating an officer, that citizen would\u2019ve been shot,\u201d Cowart said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cowart told the drrrdmedia his office has filed a complaint with the Lakeland Police Department due to the video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 \u201cThese officers have issues, and it needs to be dealt with. They don\u2019t need to be on the streets,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One concern Cowart has is that other officers didn\u2019t step in when the unnamed officer went for the second round of punches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat I\u2019m concerned about is the gentlemen seems to be comfortable doing this around other officers, there are officers there that should have brought him in check,\u201d Cowart said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lakeland Gazette wanted to see the entire incident from the beginning, so we asked Lakeland Police if body camera footage was available. The agency responded by saying those officers weren\u2019t equipped with cameras.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Terry Coney<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Terry Coney with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) of Lakeland said he wished video from the entire incident was available to understand how things escalated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe video we saw was that final snippet and from that portion, it really gives a bad view of that incident,\u201d Coney said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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