Overview
- The State Attorney’s Office ruled on July 20 that no criminal laws were broken by deputies during William McNeil Jr.’s Feb. 19 traffic stop in Jacksonville.
- Sheriff T.K. Waters announced that Officer D. Bowers has been stripped of his law-enforcement authority as the sheriff’s office conducts an administrative review of policy violations.
- William McNeil Jr. and civil rights lawyers Ben Crump and Harry Daniels held a July 23 press conference to demand accountability and announce plans for civil litigation.
- McNeil suffered a concussion, a fractured tooth that pierced his lip requiring stitches and ongoing trauma symptoms that have left him afraid to drive.
- Cellphone and body-cam footage shows deputies smashing McNeil’s window, punching him multiple times and dragging him from his vehicle over a headlight and seatbelt stop.