Family says Polk County deputies threw teen boy to ground while looking for suspect

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (WFLA) — The Polk County Sheriff’s Office is facing allegations of excessive force involving a Dec. 29 incident with a 15-year-old boy in Winter Haven.

Friday afternoon, students from Bibleway Royal Christian Academy lined the street outside a sheriff’s office substation wearing slings in solidarity with Damahri Lane.

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“Band together to say, ‘Not one more child’,” said Life Malcolm, a civil rights attorney.

Malcolm is representing Lane and his family…

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