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Crump has been dubbed "Black America's attorney general" by civil rights activist Rev. Al Sharpton. Here's what to know about William McNeil's lawyer.
Standing with civil rights attorneys Ben Crump and Harry Daniels, William McNeil Jr. spoke publicly for the first time since his February 19 arrest.
William McNeil talks about the fear he experienced during the Feb. 19, Florida traffic stop that led to his assault.
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NewsNation on MSNBlack driver beaten by Fla. cops: ‘I was fighting for my rights’William McNeil Jr., 22, says he was standing up for himself in February when sheriff’s police pulled him over.
Anthony Davis, the Livingstone College president, made a statement supporting William McNeil Jr., a biology major at the Salisbury school.
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William McNeil Jr. was pulled over by police in Jacksonville, Florida, and dragged from his vehicle when he refused to obey instructions. Now-viral video shows a white officer break the driver’s side window and strike the Black driver in the face.
Newly released bodycam footage adds detail to William McNeil Jr.'s arrest, now central to a civil rights lawsuit alleging excessive force and racial bias.
William McNeil Jr, from Jacksonville, Florida, was punched and dragged from his car by police during a traffic stop - a violent arrest which sparked nationwide outrage