A video of Livingstone College student William McNeil Jr. has gone viral following the release of body camera footage from a February traffic stop in Jacksonville, Florida. McNeil was assaulted by officers from the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office during a stop back in February. The video has sparked outrage across the country. He spoke about his experience during a recent interview with ABC News Live Prime anchor Linsey Davis earlier this week.
After McNeil’s two-minute cellphone video went viral, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said on Sunday that it has opened an investigation into the incident. Sheriff T.K. Waters of Jacksonville also released body camera footage from two cops who were on the scene of the arrest to the public on Monday. During the traffic stop, McNeil repeatedly asked why he was being pulled over and refused to get out of his car, which led to the sheriff’s officers hitting and striking him in the video.
“That day, I just really wanted to know why I was getting pulled over and why I needed to step out of the car,” McNeil told reporters about the incident, which gained traction online in recent days after he shared video from inside his vehicle. “I know I didn’t do nothing wrong. I was really just scared, and that’s it.”…