JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The mother of a teenage boy who was punched and taken to the ground by a Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office officer during an arrest at a McDonald’s said her son did not deserve the force used and had nothing to do with the large “teen takeover” that drew police to Blue Cypress Park last week.
The incident happened at a McDonald’s on Fort Caroline Road, where video shows a teen seated and talking with an officer before the officer strikes him in the face and forces him to the ground. The teen was later arrested on a charge of resisting arrest, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
The boy’s mother, Ja’Ree Butler, recorded cellphone video moments after the encounter, confronting the officer about what happened to her son…