The attorneys for a Black college student who was pulled over and punched by deputies in Jacksonville, Florida, are urging the Department of Justice to investigate the traffic stop after the state attorney’s office cleared the officers of any criminal wrongdoing.

The Florida State Attorney’s Office released an investigative memo detailing their decision not to prosecute any of the deputies involved in the viral traffic stop of 22-year-old William McNeil Jr. on Feb. 19.

Cellphone video from McNeil’s car that was widely spread online and sparked nationwide outrage showed Jacksonville sheriff’s deputies breaking McNeil’s driver’s side window, punching him in the face, then dragging him out of the car while his hands were up.

McNeil was neither combative nor resistant, even when the officer

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