Last Update: 2/23/2005 2:49:26 PM
At last check, Laughon was in critical condition.
According to police, Laughon showed super human strength as he fought with officers at the jail. Now, Laughon’s family is speaking out with a different side of the story.
"I'm upset because they seem like they're trying to cover something up,” says Antonio Seara, Laughon’s brother. “That's why I'm talking."
Authorities say several correction officers had to physically restrain the 37-year-old inmate after he became violent. They also say that Laughon broke out of a restraint chair and began to struggle, showing no signs of letting up.
"I don't believe he's powerful enough to break out. He's not a super human like they're trying to say," says Seara.
According to Seara, Laughon is not the 6-foot, 185 pound powerhouse that police described. He says his brother-in-law is actually about, 5-foot-5 and around 145 pounds.
However, even before Tuesday's incident, Laughon, who's serving a 6-month sentence for marijuana possession, was also charged with two counts of battering a law enforcement officer.
"He's not that big where four guards can't hold him down without causing that type of injury to him, where at one point he had to be revived," says Seara.
Laughon's family believes he was suffering a seizure at the time he fought with officers in the jail. It’s a problem they say could easily get out of hand, as they've seen, unless he's taken his medication.
"Before he had his medication, he was living with me. We considered it sleep walking. He woke up, bouncing off the walls, swinging," says Seara.
Official investigators say it is not clear if Laughon's current condition is the result of his pre-existing illness or because of his struggle with officers. Laughon’s family also hopes to find out as they hire attorneys to do their own investigation.
Says Seara, "I just want him to come out OK. It doesn't sound so good."
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NOTES:
Antonio Seara is John Laughon brother in law, not his brother.
John Laughon is not 6 foot and 185 lbs like JSO claims. He is quite thin maybe 145 lbs and about 5'8" or 5'9". His drivers license says he is 5'9" and his jail records said 5'9" so where did JSO get 6 foot tall from. Seems like they were trying to make him out to be this huge brut of a man but he is not. John had seizures while living in my home and I held him down by MYSELF. I sat across his legs and all he did after that was try to sit up until the seizure stopped. He never hurt anyone in my home when having a seizure which leads us to beleive that the guards were the agressors.
John Laughon's seizures are a matter of court record and documentation was provided to the court during his trail because in November on the night he was taken in for arraignment, he was not given his seizure medication, that mom provided law enforcement officers with as they left the house with John and he had a seizure then and guards jumped on him. John told his family all he remembers was hearing the nurse tell the guards "get off of him, he is having a seizure" and telling doctors at Shands his neurologist worked in this hospital.
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