JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. – The attorney hired by the family of a child who was tackled off his e-bike at a Jacksonville Beach skate park by an officer with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office called the officer’s actions “unprovoked” and “egregious” in a statement sent to News4JAX.
In the statement, Shannon Schott of Plata Schott Law also said that the office has called on the State Attorney’s Office to consider charging Stephen Hicks with felony child abuse for his actions, and will pursue “all avenues of justice for this child.”
The full statement can be read below…