William McNeil speaks out
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Crump has been dubbed "Black America's attorney general" by civil rights activist Rev. Al Sharpton. Here's what to know about William McNeil's lawyer.
Standing with civil rights attorneys Ben Crump and Harry Daniels, William McNeil Jr. spoke publicly for the first time since his February 19 arrest.
The footage shows that William McNeil Jr., 22, was sitting in the driver's seat, asking to speak to the Jacksonville deputies' supervisor, when authorities broke his window, punched him in the face, pulled him from the vehicle,
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William McNeil Jr., 22, says he was standing up for himself in February when sheriff’s police pulled him over.
Livingstone College student William McNeil Jr. was injured in a Jacksonville traffic stop. His legal team demands the officer’s firing and full investigation.
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Anthony Davis, the Livingstone College president, made a statement supporting William McNeil Jr., a biology major at the Salisbury school.
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State Attorney’s Office reviewed viral arrest video before choosing not to criminally charge officer
The state attorney's office says it did review McNeil's cell phone video of the traffic stop before deciding to clear the officers of criminal wrongdoing. McNeil's legal team alleges, though, that he was never interviewed by the agency before the decision was finalized.
William McNeil Jr. was pulled over by police in Jacksonville, Florida, and dragged from his vehicle when he refused to obey instructions. Now-viral video shows a white officer break the driver’s side window and strike the Black driver in the face.