Prosecutors in Jacksonville, Florida, have already decided they will not charge the Jacksonville police officer who was seen on camera beating 22-year-old William McNeil Jr. after breaking the window of his vehicle and dragging him out on Feb. 19, nor will they charge any other officer involved in the stop.
According to The Washington Post, police are claiming in their report that before they busted McNeil’s window and forcibly removed him from his car, he reached towards his floorboard, where they later found an unsheathed knife.
So, there are a number of issues here, beginning with the most glaring contradiction to the police account of what happened: the video doesn’t show it.
In the footage taken from McNeil’s cell phone, which only recently went viral, McNeil is seen explaining to an officer off-camera that he is only questioning why he has been pulled over. The footage also shows the moment his window was broken and he was pulled out. What it does not show is any indication that he had reached for anything before that moment.
According to the Post, footage taken from police body camera also does not show McNeil reach towards the floor.
Source: Florida Cop Who Repeatedly Punched William McNeil Jr. Will Not Be Charged, Sheriff Says
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