A Florida sheriff says body camera video shows his officers were justified when they beat a drug suspect who appeared to resist arrest even after being zapped with a stun gun
This photo taken from cellphone video provided by Ruby Anderson shows Le’Keian Woods, with swollen eyes and a bloody face sitting on the ground surrounded by officers, as he's taken into custody, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, in northeast Florida. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office was conducting an administrative review of what happened to see if any policies were violated, the agency said in a statement.
Mug shots taken after Woods' arrest shows him with both eyes swollen shut and bruises and cuts on his face. Harry Daniels, Woods’ attorney, said he will petition the U.S. Justice Department to investigate his client's beating. The video shows Woods, however, bolting from the front passenger's seat and into the apartment complex, with Sullivan giving chase. Sullivan repeatedly yells at Woods to get on the ground or he will shoot him with his Taser stun gun. When Sullivan gets close enough, he shoots him twice with the stun gun and Woods falls face first onto the pavement.
Another body cam video shows officers still accusing Woods of resisting arrest as they try to lift him from the ground, so they slam him back. They then drag him into a sitting position on the ground. “Any man who is getting a beating is going to resist that beating or he is going to get killed,” Daniels said.
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