Overview

• The State Attorney’s Office concluded no deputies broke criminal law, but an internal administrative review by the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office continues with Officer D. Bowers suspended from duty.
• During his first public appearance on July 23, William McNeil Jr. said he felt scared and asked why he was being pulled over before deputies smashed his window and dragged him from his car.
• McNeil described suffering a fractured tooth that required stitches and a concussion that remains under medical evaluation.
• Civil rights attorneys Ben Crump and Harry Daniels accused the sheriff’s office of fabricating its arrest report and announced plans to file a lawsuit alleging excessive force and racial bias.
• The viral cellphone video and released bodycam footage have intensified national debates over racial profiling and the adequacy of video evidence in police use-of-force cases.