A Black college student filed a federal lawsuit this week against police officers who beat and dragged him out of his SUV during a traffic stop in Florida. It also names the city of Jacksonville and the Duval County government.
The lawsuit was filed on Wednesday at a federal court in Jacksonville, CBS News reported. The traffic stop occurred in February, and 22-year-old William McNeil released the now-viral video in July. In the video, McNeil is punched in the face and pulled out of the vehicle by police officers.
In August, prosecutors announced that following an investigative report released by the State Attorney’s Office for the Fourth Judicial Circuit of Florida, they would take no action “after determining the conduct of Officer D. Bowers of the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office did not constitute a crime,” CBS reports…