July 23, 2025
The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office has suspended Officer D Bowers, who was captured on video punching and dragging 22-year-old William McNeil Jr during a February traffic stop. Though state prosecutors found no criminal misconduct by the officers involved, an internal administrative review remains ongoing. The incident gained widespread attention after McNeil posted his own video of the encounter on Instagram, prompting police to release bodycam footage showing McNeil refusing to exit his vehicle after being pulled over for alleged traffic violations including not wearing a seatbelt and driving without headlights in poor weather.
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