A man in a now-viral video of a February traffic stop in Jacksonville, Florida, in which the officers smash his car window and punch him in the head, has hired civil rights attorneys Ben Crump and Harry Daniels.
On Sunday, the civil rights attorneys announced that 22-year-old William McNeil Jr., who has since been identified as the man in the video, has retained them to represent him in his case against the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, First Coast News reported. The update arrives as more details surrounding the traffic stop and what led it to escalate have also emerged. Read more at www.thegrio.com.
