Video shows Florida deputies punching and dragging a Black man from his car
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'William was calm and compliant,' they said. 'Yet instead of answers, he got his window smashed and was punched in the face, all over a questionable claim about headlights in broad daylight.'
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Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters said the cellphone camera footage from inside the car 'does not comprehensively capture the circumstances surrounding the incident.'
'Part of that stems from the distance and perspective of the recording cell phone camera,' the sheriff said in a statement, adding that the video did not capture events that occurred before officers decided to arrest McNeil.
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Cameras 'can only capture what can be seen and heard,' the sheriff added. 'So much context and depth are absent from recorded footage because a camera simply cannot capture what is known to the people depicted in it.'
McNeil was charged with resisting a police officer without violence; driving with a suspended license and having less than 20 grams of marijuana, Waters said. He pleaded guilty to the charges of resisting an officer and driving with a suspended license, Waters said.
McNeil was warned seven times that he needed to open his car door and get out, or officers would be forced to break his car window, the sheriff said. After McNeil was removed from the car, officers found a 'large, serrated knife' on the driver's side floor of the car, Waters said.
Waters said the sheriff's office on Sunday became aware that the cellphone video was circulating on social media. Investigations then began, and the State Attorney's Office determined that no officers violated any criminal laws, he said at a news briefing. An 'administrative review' to determine whether officers violated any department policies is still ongoing, he said.
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