{"id":5420,"date":"2020-01-05T08:25:51","date_gmt":"2020-01-05T13:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=5420"},"modified":"2020-01-05T08:26:12","modified_gmt":"2020-01-05T13:26:12","slug":"lawsuit-filed-claims-lpd-used-excessive-force-in-a-2015-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2020\/01\/05\/lawsuit-filed-claims-lpd-used-excessive-force-in-a-2015-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawsuit Filed Claims LPD Used Excessive Force in a 2015 case"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/lpd-office.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5421\" width=\"385\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/lpd-office.jpg?w=2016&amp;ssl=1 2016w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/lpd-office.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/lpd-office.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/lpd-office.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/lpd-office.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Lakeland Police Department is being&nbsp;sued in federal\ncourt&nbsp;by a man seeking $150k in damages for an incident claiming officers\nused excessive force in shooting him 4 times and injuring him at his apartment\nin 2015. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement, the LPD said Wesley Cook refused to drop his handgun when they responded to a domestic disturbance call. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cook says in the lawsuit that physical force was unnecessary\nbecause he didn\u2019t threaten anybody with the weapon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lakeland Police Department is being&nbsp;sued in federal court&nbsp;by a man seeking $150k in damages for an incident claiming officers used excessive force in shooting him 4 times and injuring&hellip; 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