Jacksonville woman speaks out for first time after bodycam footage of her violent arrest released

Jacksonville woman speaks out for first time after bodycam footage of her violent arrest released

Erika McGriff will share more details about her injuries Tuesday after footage shows Officer Randy Holton punching her and yanking her hair during her arrest.

Attorney Ben Crump decries Jax police for violent arrests

Prominent civil rights attorney Ben Crump said Tuesday that the violent arrest of a Jacksonville mother illustrates a pattern of excessive force by Jacksonville police against Black motorists for minor traffic infractions. Erika McGriff, 39, was arrested Oct. 7 after police say she left her car parked and running outside the IDEA charter school on Bassett Road on the city’s Northside. Police say she became confrontational and scuffled with an of…