“An abusive reminder of racial violence”: A cop in Florida, who broke the car window and struck a 22 -year -old black man in the face during a viral video stop, was suspended.
However, the Sheriff’s office said that the prosecutor had not questioned the officers of any misconduct, but an internal review was underway.
Ben Crump attorney, representing 22 -year -old man, William McNeil JR, said the incident was a “disturbing reminder” of historical racial violence against the Black Americans.
In a video of a viral Instagram sent by McNeil, the policeman shows how the window of his car breaks. The officers then hit him in the face, pulled him out of the car and attached him to the ground.
McNeil said his tooth was chipped and after arrest required his stitches in his mouth and suffered a concussion. “That was very hard.
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Soon afterwards, another clip, police shots of the body, online circulated. This video shows that McNeil rejects the requirements of the officer to leave the vehicle after it was said to have been overcast due to traffic violation.
The incident is reportedly since February 19, 2025 in Jacksonville.
What did the Sheriff Office in Florida say?
At Monday’s Jacksonville Sheriff TK Waters press conference, one of the officers involved in the incident, D Bowers, was deprived of the right to enforce the right until the review had violated any of the Sheriff’s office policy.
However, he added: “The Public Prosecutor’s Office ruled that none of the officials involved had violated criminal law, although the administrative review has not yet been completed.”
Sheriff Waters also noted that the person is obliged to observe the officer’s orders: “Although this person disagrees with the reasons for the officer for stopping.”
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What shows a viral video?
In a viral video, the officer can see, as McNeil had been dragged for not wearing his seat belt or having headlights in bad weather, which a 22 -year -old man calmly answered, “It’s daylight, I don’t need lights.”
McNeil, however, refused to leave the vehicle and asked to talk to the officer’s head before he locked the door.
After warning him to get out of the car for about three minutes, the officer told his colleague that he was going to break the window. Another officer replied, “Okay, go for it.
In his arrest report, the policeman wrote that he called for backup after McNeil rejected the requests for demonstration of a driving license, registration and proof of insurance.
“The suspect reached for the floor plate of the vehicle, where a big knife was sitting,” said officer Bowers.
In the viral video, however, McNeil’s hands are up and visible when the police unlock the seat belt to pull it out of the car.
It is not clear whether his seat belt was fastened at the time the police dragged him.
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William McNeil JR confessed to resisting a police officer without violence and driving on a suspended driving license. He was convicted of two days in prison.
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