A 22-year-old man who was punched during a violent traffic stop in Florida that went viral online filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Jacksonville, the sheriff's office and officers involved ...

It's been nearly a year since the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office's controversial traffic stop arrest of 22-year-old William McNeil Jr. led to a video that went viral and prompted calls by civil rights ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Jacksonville law enforcement officers violated the civil rights of a 22-year-old Black college student when they pulled him from his car and beat him during a traffic stop, ...

*On February 19, 2025, 22-year-old college student William McNeil Jr. was pulled over in Jacksonville, Florida. Officer D. Bowers of the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office stopped McNeil for alleged ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — William McNeal Jr, the man whose controversial arrest where he was struck in the face multiple times by a JSO officer went viral in July, has officially filed a federal lawsuit.

An officer involved in a viral traffic stop arrest has had his law enforcement authority restored, the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office says. In February 2025, William McNeil Jr. was stopped by JSO ...