{"id":46914,"date":"2024-06-21T17:00:24","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T21:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=46914"},"modified":"2024-06-21T17:00:29","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T21:00:29","slug":"3-1-2-weeks-in-still-no-answers-to-body-camera-videos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2024\/06\/21\/3-1-2-weeks-in-still-no-answers-to-body-camera-videos\/","title":{"rendered":"3 1\/2 weeks in: still no answers to body camera videos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On May 27, 2024, a 16-year-old was brutally assaulted and tased by the Lakeland Police Department.<\/p>\n\n\n        \n        <div class=\"embedpress-gutenberg-wrapper source-provider-Youtube aligncenter ep-clear   ep-content-protection-disabled inline\" id=\"c3b3211a-1bad-427e-b405-8c4e1fc5c178\" data-embed-type=\"Youtube \">\n            <div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper \">\n                <div id=\"ep-gutenberg-content-e75e44d8331fb95ce936e236106fd3bf\" 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-803c4c9d28fe914c25f725cdd1c45ae5 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=\"3 1\/2 weeks in: still no answers to body camera videos\"><\/iframe><\/div>                        <\/div>\n\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    \n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">June 7, 2024 Charges dropped against Lakeland teen whose viral video confrontation with police raised police brutality allegations<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The&nbsp;video&nbsp;shows two&nbsp;Lakeland&nbsp;police officers punching Jahmal, pulling his hair, and then tasing him before knocking him to the ground \u2013 even as his friends are shouting to police that he\u2019s a juvenile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The\u00a0incident\u00a0led to a weekend protest in front of the\u00a0Lakeland\u00a0Police Department. The local NAACP branch has appealed to the city council to order the\u00a0release\u00a0of any police body cam\u00a0video\u00a0that may exist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When the Lakeland Gazette asked for the body cam\u00a0video, this is what we received below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chief of Police, Sam Taylor has already requested an administrative review by our Office of Professional Standards.\u00a0 Attached is the arrest affidavit from this incident.\u00a0 In accordance with our agency\u2019s policies and procedures, and in accordance with Florida State Statute 112. 533, we will not be able to release any other material related to this case until the administrative review is closed, said Ofc. Stephanie Kerr Public Information Officer Lakeland Police Department. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is what the Lakeland Gazette received on June 21, 2024, from Ofc. Stephanie Kerr Public Information Officer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8221;\u00a0I do not have a time frame for the completion of the administrative investigation.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s time to release the police body cam\u00a0videos&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On May 27, 2024, a 16-year-old was brutally assaulted and tased by the Lakeland Police Department. 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