A viral video involving the The Jacksonville sheriff’s office Triggers renewed conversations on police brutality on social networks. William ‘Will’ McNeil Jr. First download the video On its Instagram flow on July 20. Since then, he has received more than 104,000 likes and more than 20,000 comments. His legend has revealed that McNeil underwent several serious injuries after stopping standard traffic has turned into a chaotic reservoir of at least three officers. In the last update, the Jacksonville sheriff’s office responded to the trendy incident, but triggering.
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Viral video shows force -on -force used on Will McNeil Jr.
As mentioned, social media sounds on what looks like an excessive force of Jacksonville officers. The incident would have taken place earlier this year. McNeil’s video begins with the 22 -year -old speaking to an out -of -camera officer who seems to be held near his passenger window. The officer seemed to listen to several times with “Yeah”. Will seemed to explain his confusion on the reasons why the police chose it for stopping traffic. He explained that the officer had told him that the judgment was above his headlights. Finally, the same cop replied: “It doesn’t matter” and said Will was still necessary to have his headlights. The officer then asked him to get out of the car, agreeing that he would explain the “law” related to the headlights afterwards. William McNeil Jr. reacts by asking the cop to call his supervisor twice.
Meanwhile, the background of the video shows another officer, a Caucasian with black frame glasses, positioned near the side window of its driver. When McNeil asked for the supervisor the second time, the cop who he spoke apparently said to the officer on the driver’s side, “Very well, go ahead.” At that time, the cop broke the window of Williams’ car and hit him in the face, shouting: “Leave the vehicle now.
Then another Jacksonville officer joined them on the driver’s side. Will immediately showed his hands when asked, then the cops started opening the door of his car, withdrawing it and tackling it on the ground with broken glass on it. Will McNeil Jr. did not seem resistant when he was sitting in his car, and shouted “no” that officers tried to fight it on the ground outside. We can hear the officers say things like, “F * CK is wrong with you”, “don’t speak now”, “you are in a state of arrest, that’s what’s going on.” Meanwhile, William repeatedly said that he has done nothing wrong and was trying to have a conversation.
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Will McNeil Jr. reveals the wounds he suffered
As mentioned, Will explained in his legend that the incident occurred on February 19 around 4 p.m., he once again declared that he had been arrested so that his headlights were broken, despite any rainy, smoky or misty time. In addition, McNeil Jr. said he could see the “blue sky” before explaining his injuries.
βI just asked for a supervisor and things intensified quickly as you can see. A chipped tooth and 9+ points in my lips (my tooth went through my lip) were the results of them slamming me on the ground without reason when I tried to put my hands behind my back, “revealed Will McNeil Jr.
Will added that he had undergone a concussion and short -term memory loss. He also said that the sharing of images was “very difficult” for him and that he was not “mentally cured” of the interaction, which had an impact on his relationships.
“… I finally had to pass the word and if I pushed you back or changed more than probably that is why or that I have just done,” wrote William on IG.
The Jacksonville sheriff’s office publishes a declaration on the traffic stop
After Will McNeil Jr.’s video has become viral, the Jacksonville sheriff office responded to the incident on social networks, namely X. He recognized viral images but made a general statement. The agency has not revealed who are video officers or if they are still employed and in active service with the JSO. In addition, he said if the strength used by his cops was excessive. Currently, the update seems to be an “internal investigation”.
“We have launched an internal investigation on this subject and the circumstances surrounding this incident. We hold our officers to the highest standards and we are committed to determining exactly what happened,” said Jacksonville’s sheriff office.
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We are aware of a video circulating on social networks showing a traffic stop represented from February 19, 2025. We launched an internal investigation on this subject and theβ¦ pic.twitter.com/p5xizl9hyi– Jax sheriff’s office (@jsopio) July 20, 2025
According to News4jaxA JSO spokesperson said on Sunday that employees responsible for examining such cases were disabled for the day. “As soon as we have these answers, we can share more”, “ The spokesperson reportedly said.
The lawyers of McNeil Harry Daniels and Ben Crump are expressed
News4jax reports that new representatives of Williams are civil rights lawyers Harry Daniels And Ben Crump. Daniels said in a press release on Sunday that the behavior of JSO officers was not unusual, but a model instead.
“This is only the last of a long line of excessive force incidents involving JSO,” wrote lawyer Daniels. “In September 2023, the department was at the center of a national outcry after a video of JSO officers violently defeating Le’Keian Woods, 24, when he was not armed viral.
Crump added that their client had been attacked for exercising their rights. In the declaration, he wrote, “He should be obvious for anyone watching this video that William McNeil was a threat to anyone. He calmly exercised his constitutional rights, and they beat him for that.”
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