A Broward judge just tossed out Kodak Black’s fleeing and eluding charge, and the reason why says a lot about how the whole thing started.
The deputy who initiated the stop on February 27 in Pompano Beach reportedly never turned on his lights, never hit his sirens, and never even got out of his patrol vehicle.
What actually happened was a sheriff’s deputy spotted Kodak’s pink Jeep Grand Cherokee parked on Northwest 18th Avenue and MLK Jr. Boulevard and pulled up beside it. His opening line was reportedly “what’s going on boss? You good?” Kodak said “fine” and drove off.
Judge Corey B. Friedman granted the defense motion to dismiss on Tuesday, agreeing that what the deputy did did not amount to a lawful traffic stop. The prosecution tried to argue that Kodak had been ordered not to leave the scene and ignored that order, but that argument didn’t land.
Defense attorney Bradford Cohen made the case that no license was requested, no insurance check was attempted, and no legitimate order was ever given. The judge sided with the defense, and the charge was gone.
Cohen and co-counsel David Bigney have been working Kodak’s cases hard, and this dismissal is a direct result of that pressure. When the foundational act of a case is shaky, everything built on top of it tends to collapse.
This is not the first time Kodak has walked out of a Broward courtroom with a charge dropped. A cocaine possession case from 2023 in that same county was also dismissed, and his legal history in South Florida stretches back years across multiple arrests and charges.
In July 2022, he was arrested with 31 oxycodone tablets and nearly $75,000 in cash during a traffic stop, a case that drew significant attention at the time.
He still has a pending drug possession case out of Orange County where he pleaded not guilty and is currently out of custody.
That Orange County situation came with its own viral moment last week, when body cam footage from a May 2026 arrest surfaced online showing Kodak calmly finishing his meal while deputies stood nearby waiting to take him in. The footage spread quickly, though it has nothing to do with the Broward case that was just dismissed.
The two moments together, the calm meal footage and the courtroom win, have kept Kodak in the conversation this week for reasons that have nothing to do with music. His legal team is clearly playing an active, aggressive game across multiple jurisdictions at once.
What makes the Broward dismissal interesting beyond just the outcome is what it reveals about the stop itself.
A deputy approaching a parked car with casual small talk and no formal procedure is a long way from the kind of lawful engagement that can support a criminal charge.
Kodak still has live legal matters to deal with, and his situation in Orange County is far from resolved. The Broward chapter may be closed, but the broader story is very much still open.
