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On the evening of March 7, 2025, police say an elderly woman sat down in the middle of the bus lanes at the Lauderhill Transit Center, blocking traffic and refusing to move.
Lauderhill police officer Sean Lozano was working a detail at the transit hub that evening. Within minutes of encountering the woman, Lozano took her by the elbow, “forcibly pushing her to the ground” and handcuffing her, according to a Lauderhill Police Department internal affairs report describing county surveillance video…