Man punched in viral traffic stop speaks out
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The Jacksonville Fraternal Order of Police shared a statement on Thursday regarding the viral traffic stop involving officers with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office and 22-year-old Will McNeil Jr.
A viral video of a February traffic stop shows officers in Jacksonville, Florida, arresting William McNeil Jr. after one of them broke his car window and hit him in the face, prompting an investigation.
Jacksonville residents questioned Sheriff T.K. Waters at a town hall meeting Tuesday night over William McNeil Jr.'s viral arrest.
Civil rights attorneys Ben Crump and Harry Daniels said 22-year-old William McNeil hired them after a video from a February traffic stop went viral.
William McNeil Jr., a 22-year-old Black man, was pulled over by Jacksonville officer D. Bowers in February. McNeil used his phone to capture footage of the traffic stop, which went viral this month on social media.
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