Viral video shows handcuffed man kicked in the head
– The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office says it is investigating claims of police brutality. There is a viral video that shows the arrest of Le’Keian Woods. The video shows Woods on the ground, handcuffed and then kicked. The video does not show what led up to the incident.
Sheriff T.K. Waters released this statement. “Yesterday, JSO officers were involved in an incident near Toledo Road and Powers Avenue in which force was used taking a subject into custody. The agency takes all allegations of inappropriate use of force by JSO officers seriously. As such, this incident is now under administrative review to determine if the involved officers violated any JSO policy.
Woods is scheduled for a bond hearing on Saturday afternoon. He is charged with armed trafficking in Methamphetamine, armed traffic in cocaine, armed possession of a controlled substance, resisting an officer with violence, altering, destroying, concealing or removing records, and possessing a controlled substance without a prescription. He is also charged with two counts of violating probation and there is a hold from Leon County.
The Jacksonville Community Action Committee released a statement on the incident. It says, “It is disturbed and outraged over the JSO Gang Unit’s brutalization of 24-year-old Le’Keian Woods. We are demanding all officers involved in this beating are held accountable. We are calling for the immediate disbandment of the failed JSO gang unit.
News4Jax is scheduled to interview the family of Woods on Saturday afternoon. We have also requested the arrest and booking report along with body camera footage of the arrest.
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