- Viral video shows an officer punching a man during a routine stop, raising concerns about excessive force.
- Officials launch reviews, but ultimately determine no laws were broken, despite the disturbing footage.
- The incident is part of a pattern of use-of-force incidents within the department, with little accountability.
After William McNeil Jr.’s unnecessarily violent arrest at the hands of Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, another case involving the department is going viral.
The incident detailed by News4Jax feels painfully familiar; another viral video, another explanation, another reminder of how routine brutality has become. This time, it centers on Dasaun Williams, a Jacksonville man violently punched in the face by an officer during what should have been a standard stop that quickly spiraled into something far more disturbing.
According to the report, body camera footage from the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office shows the encounter unfolding during an undercover drug and gang investigation. The video, now widely circulated online, captures an officer striking Williams in the face, raising immediate and unavoidable questions about excessive force…