{"id":46320,"date":"2024-06-07T13:06:44","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T17:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=46320"},"modified":"2024-06-07T13:06:52","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T17:06:52","slug":"charges-dropped-against-lakeland-teen-punched-tasered-by-officers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2024\/06\/07\/charges-dropped-against-lakeland-teen-punched-tasered-by-officers\/","title":{"rendered":"Charges dropped against Lakeland teen punched, tasered by officers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Lakeland Gazette<\/em> has confirmed charges will be dropped Friday against 16-year-old&nbsp;Jahmal Hudson&nbsp;after a violent altercation with Lakeland police on Memorial Day.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/images-2.jpeg?resize=259%2C194&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46321\" style=\"width:364px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ten days ago, officers were called to the Carolina apartment complex on a trespassing call. Hudson was attending a pool party when a resident called the cops on him and his friends. Officers arrived when Hudson went to retrieve his shirt from the pool. His mother claims an officer made a derogatory remark about Hudson, who then began arguing with officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Video taken at the scene by a bystander shows officers punching Hudson and tasering him. Hudson was later charged with two felonies for violently resisting arrest and another misdemeanor.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n        \n        <div class=\"embedpress-gutenberg-wrapper source-provider-Youtube aligncenter ep-clear   ep-content-protection-disabled inline\" id=\"5b42902b-5326-44e6-9a98-f83fbb2fb3e8\" data-embed-type=\"Youtube \">\n            <div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper \">\n                <div id=\"ep-gutenberg-content-9f70c59dd4ad5b8ba4824040cf97bb4a\" class=\"ep-gutenberg-content\">\n                    <div >\n                        <div class=\"ep-embed-content-wraper preset-default insta-grid ep-google-photos-carousel\"\n                            style=\"max-width:600px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\"                                                                                                                >\n\n                            <div class=\"ose-youtube ose-uid-dec75ac95aa8ea0acaaca5ebfdba9b27 ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:600px; height:340px; max-height:340px; max-width:100%; display:inline-block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" title=\"16 year old gets tased by Lakeland PD\" width=\"600\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MMxLA2xFKBU?feature=oembed&#038;color=red&#038;rel=1&#038;controls=2&#038;start=true&#038;end=true&#038;fs=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; encrypted-media;accelerometer;autoplay;clipboard-write;gyroscope;picture-in-picture clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen title=\"Charges dropped against Lakeland teen punched, tasered by officers\"><\/iframe><\/div>                        <\/div>\n\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    \n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since the video came to light, there\u2019ve been protests, demands to release bodycam footage, and on Thursday, the dropping of all charges against the teen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt was just a verbal argument between a grown man and a 16-year-old boy,\u201d Ja&#8217;Tae Lewis, Jahmal&#8217;s mother said. \u201cGo get the bodycam. Y&#8217;all are supposed to have those on. Especially in incidents like this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This week the city refused an NAACP request to release officer bodycam footage. We reached out to Lakeland Police for a copy Thursday but they haven\u2019t responded to our request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Clayton Cowart, founder of the Poor &amp; Minority Justice Association, is advising Lewis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe want these officers fired,\u201d Cowart said. \u201cThe two officers that beat up this young man unmercifully, they are still here on modified duty.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An internal police investigation continues but this is now the&nbsp;second time in a month prosecutors have dropped charges against Black men&nbsp;in altercations with Lakeland police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The other incident in Lakeland involved Antwan Glover, who was beaten during a traffic stop in 2022 and charged with three counts of battery. Charges against Glover were dropped in May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe first Saturday of every month, we will be meeting at Lakeland police department for protests until the officers that we are demanding to be removed are fired,\u201d Cowart said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lakeland Gazette has confirmed charges will be dropped Friday against 16-year-old&nbsp;Jahmal Hudson&nbsp;after a violent altercation with Lakeland police on Memorial Day. 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