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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nIn December, Glover was stopped by Lakeland police for not wearing a seatbelt. Officers smelled marijuana, though Glover said he had a medical marijuana card on him. Cell phone video shows Glover ended up on the ground, where he was repeatedly punched and stun-gunned by police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Officers claim he was resisting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAfter all of that, I sat in the back of the police car and I cried,\u201d said Glover. \u201cI cried. I just thanked God that they didn\u2019t kill me that night.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to a statement from Chief Sam Taylor, Sergeant Mark Eby, Detective Dillon Cornn, and Officers Anton Jefferson and Jason McCain are on paid administrative leave as the Florida Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) conducts a use-of-force investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI appreciate the Florida Department of Law Enforcement\u2019s willingness to take on this investigation. I am confident in their abilities to review the facts fairly, and the Lakeland Police Department will fully cooperate with any requests made by FDLE,\u201d wrote Chief Sam Taylor in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Glover was arrested but unlike Tyre Nichols, he survived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 29-year old Nichols was beaten to death by Memphis police officers in early January. Police had initially accused him of reckless driving, though there is no evidence of that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His name is the latest in a list of unarmed Black men killed or injured by police, dating back to the 90\u2019s and Rodney King.<\/p>\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\u201cThat really brought to the forefront a viciousness because it must have been eight officers around him,\u201d said Terry Coney, president of the NAACP Lakeland chapter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He says these incidents have an impact on the local level, no matter where they happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou don\u2019t have to have things happening in Lakeland to have that distrust of the police because you have 24 hour news cycle, everyone has a camera,\u201d said Coney. \u201cI don\u2019t care whether you\u2019re Black, white, purple, green or polka dot, that\u2019s gonna have an impact on you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Coney says when his son went to college out of state, he talked to him about always complying with police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIf he asks for your drivers license \u2013 give him whatever he asks for. If he\u2019s gonna write you a ticket, he\u2019ll write you a ticket and you can go on about your business,\u201d said Coney.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To make change, Coney supports community policing and more direct interaction between officer and the people they serve. He said while growing up in Lakeland, he had a positive relationship with police, with a Black officer often spending time with the kids in the neighborhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cInstead of policing and law enforcement, let\u2019s pursue it from a public safety standpoint,\u201d said Coney. \u201cThe more visibility you can get in the neighborhood, where you feel like this is our police officer.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lakeland police are in the process of distributing body cameras for hundreds of officers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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