Attorneys Present Video Evidence in Viral JSO Traffic Stop, Arrest

Civil rights attorney Ben Crump says there's new evidence in violent Florida traffic stop

A video of a February traffic stop of William McNeil Jr., a 22-year-old Black college student from Jacksonville, Florida, showing police breaking his car window and pulling him out went viral. In Chicago, Ben Crump says new video shows police pointing a gun at McNeil.

Attorneys present video evidence in viral JSO traffic stop, arrest

Prominent civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson is joining civil rights attorneys in Chicago Tuesday at noon to present new video of the viral traffic stop involving William McNeil Jr. who was punched in his face and yanked from his car during a Jacksonville traffic stop in Feb. 2025.

Black drivers ticketed more for traffic violation that prompted viral Jacksonville stop

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Black drivers cited more often for driving without headlights

Driving in the rain without headlights — the reason William McNeil Jr. was pulled over before he was hit and then dragged from his car by Jacksonville sheriff’s deputies — is an exceedingly rare infraction in Duval County. But it is less rare if you are Black like McNeil, according to more than three years of traffic stop data obtained by The Tributary.  Video of the February stop, filmed from McNeil’s cellphone, went viral last week and prompte…