Florida police violently arrest 15-year-old for skateboarding

  • 8 years ago
TAMPA, FLORIDA — Police arrest 15-year-old for skateboarding and resisting arrest.

Jay Huber was skateboarding in downtown Tampa, Florida, when a policeman grabbed him off his skateboard and pulled him to the ground. Video of the incident showed two officers pulling up to the teen in a police vehicle. One of the officers pulls Huber and falls to the ground with him.

Huber could he screaming "What?" and "Help me!" The cameraman, who caught the footage in HD when filming his friends skate, yells at officers to "chill" and asked, "What are you doing?" as officers cuff Huber. He was pushed up against the police vehicle and his pockets were emptied. At point point Huber is seen on the verge of crying saying, "My mom is going to kill me" as other skateboarders reassure him that he will be okay.

According to the YouTube description, the skateboarders reportedly had received permission from a security guard to skateboard in the area for Huber's birthday.

"There's an ordinance against skateboarding downtown. I don't know who they were talking to. You don't have permission to break the law," police spokesperson Steve Hegarty told FOX News. "What you saw in the video was a classic case of resisting arrest."

Huber suffered a sprained ankle and had a different story.

"He didn't say anything to me at all. I was really scared and I flinched to get into the fetal position. He grabbed me and threw me on the ground," Huber told WTSP. "I kept screaming for help. I was like super terrified. Everyone was screaming and telling them to stop."

Two officers were named in the YouTube post: "Officer E.Turner" was named as the policeman who grabbed Huber from his board and "Winkowski" was identified as the second policeman.

The Tampa Police Department has said it will not be launching an internal investigation.

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