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Who is Ben Crump? The renowned civil rights attorney representing William McNeil

Crump has been dubbed "Black America's attorney general" by civil rights activist Rev. Al Sharpton. Here's what to know about ...

Video of Jacksonville sheriff's officer hitting man in face during traffic stop prompts investigation

A viral video of a February traffic stop shows officers in Jacksonville, Florida, arresting William McNeil Jr. after one of ...

No charges for Jacksonville officers who punched Black man during arrest

William Anthony McNeil Jr. questioned why he was pulled over and refused to get out of the car. An officer smashed his window ...

‘I was scared:’ William McNeil Jr. talks about his arrest beside Ben Crump-led legal team

Standing with civil rights attorneys Ben Crump and Harry Daniels, William McNeil Jr. spoke publicly for the first time since ...

What we know about the violent Jacksonville traffic stop that went viral

The violent arrest of William McNeil, Jr., a 22-year-old Florida man, by Jacksonville sheriff’s deputies was caught in a ...

HBCU band member assaulted by police in viral video

A video of Livingstone College student William McNeil Jr. has gone viral following the release of body camera footage from a ...

William McNeil: The Florida Student Assaulted By Police Speaks Out

William McNeil, a 24-year-old Florida man, spoke to ABC News about his violent encounter with Jacksonville police officers on ...

Ben Crump on Breonna Taylor, William McNeil, Saniyah Cheatham & Demand to Release Malcolm X Files

We speak to civil rights lawyer Ben Crump about the ongoing epidemic of anti-Black police violence and impunity for law ...
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Black 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.