State official attacks Palm Beach Post story on U.S. citizen (Kenny Laynez) detained in deportation crackdown

Source: Tallahassee Democratt

State official attacks Post story on U.S. citizen detained in deportation crackdown

Ana Goñi-Lessan, Tallahassee Democrat
Sat, August 2, 2025 at 10:32 AM EDT
6 min read

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At the Aug. 1 press conference, FHSMV executive director Dave Kerner criticized The Palm Beach Post's coverage of the detainment of Kenny Laynez, a U.S. citizen who got detained in a federal immigration crackdown. The Post is a member of the USA TODAY Network – Florida.

Laynez was riding with his mother and two coworkers to a landscaping job near North Palm Beach on May 2 when FHP officers and Border Patrol agents pulled over their van.

Laynez told The Post he started recording once an officer told the four people in the van to turn off their cellphones. His phone then captured officers having a candid conversation where they describe using a Taser on one of Laynez's coworkers as "funny" and boasting about a $30,000 bonus. It was not clear what bonus the officers were referring to.

"They are starting to resist now," an agent said in the video. "We're going to end up shooting someone."

State official, an ex-PBC commissioner, calls video reports 'false narrative'

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Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/state-official-attacks-post-story-143204907.html