Back in May 2020, Fort Lauderdale Police Department (FLPD) officer Steven Pohorence was thrust into national spotlight after he was caught on video shoving a Black teenager as she kneeled during a protest over George Floyd’s murder by Minneapolis police officers earlier that month. Cellphone video (attached below) showed the white police officer pushing then-19-year-old Jada Servance face-first into the pavement while she kneeled with her hands in the air at the Black Lives Matter protest in downtown Fort Lauderdale. Pohorence was charged with misdemeanor battery but acquitted after a jury trial in late 2022…
Fort Lauderdale Cop Sued for Shoving Woman at BLM Protest in 2020
