Nationally renowned civil rights attorney Ben Crump was back in Jacksonville on Tuesday, this time representing a local mother who was arrested outside her daughter’s school Oct. 7. That arrest was captured on cell phone video where Erika McGriff can be seen in a scuffle with a JSO officer.
Crump, speaking at The Sanctuary at Mt. Calvary Church in on Kings Road, claims this is another example of excessive force against a Black motorist.
William McNeil Jr., joined Crump and McCriff at the news conference at the church. He was involved in a highly publicized and viral traffic stop in February 2025 which was captured on his cellphone showing a Jacksonville police officer breaking his car window, punching him, and dragging him out of the car. Crump is also representing McNeil and has filed a federal lawsuit from the incident that sparked nationwide outrage and calls for a Department of Justice investigation…