Action News Jax is getting new details from the State Attorney’s Office about its investigation into the February arrest of William McNeil Jr., which got national attention after McNeil released a video in July from the arrest that went viral.
McNeil Jr. was arrested on February 19 following a traffic stop conducted by Officer D. Bowers of the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. In McNeil’s video, Bowers can be seen striking McNeil after breaking his window.
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McNeil is now being represented by prominent civil rights attorneys Benjamin Crump and Harry Daniels.
The February incident began when Officer Donald Bowers initiated a traffic stop after observing McNeil’s SUV parked at a house under surveillance for drug activity, according to a memo released Wednesday by State Attorney Melissa Nelson’s office…