William McNeil Jr.’s unnecessarily violent arrest at the hands of Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office (JSO) deputies is still circulating on social media via viral video, and BOSSIP still has its eyes fixed on all the machinations of the case.
Ubiquitous civil rights attorney Ben Crump held a public press conference this week to reveal more details about the egregious police misconduct that took place on February 19, 2025, specifically, by deputy Donald Bowers. According to AP News, Crump presented a still image from the scene taken from the body camera video of one of the deputies. The still clearly shows a deputy aiming his service pistol at McNeil even though the 22-year-old was unarmed and presented no threat whatsoever. Crump, attorney Harry Daniels, and his team of lawyers cited this as one example of several discrepancies in the official police report.
“Read the police report. Watch the video. And see if they are telling the truth,” Crump said. “They don’t add up.”…