A video that captured the brutal arrest of a Black college student pulled from his car and beaten by officers in Florida has led to an investigation and calls for motorists to consider protecting themselves by placing a camera inside their vehicles.
The footage shows that William McNeil Jr., 22, was sitting in the driver’s seat, asking to speak to the Jacksonville deputies’ supervisor, when authorities broke his window, punched him in the face, pulled him from the vehicle, punched him again and threw him to the ground.
Whether or not they have probable cause is a matter for the courts. Polite or not, you’re dealing with individuals who have little to no oversight and even if they do something illegal they often don’t have to answer for it. The moment to insist on probable cause and reasoning is afterwards. Let them rack up their bill first.