By Kanishka Singh

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A Florida deputy who punched a Black man at a February traffic stop did not commit a crime, prosecutors said in a report on an incident that was condemned by civil rights groups.

A video of the incident showed officer D. Bowers punching William McNeil Jr., 22, who recorded the clip. It went viral in July when the video was posted online.

Other officers threw the Black man to the ground and surrounded him during the traffic stop.

“Officer Bowers conducted a lawful traffic stop and gave McNeil 12 individual lawful commands, which McNeil refused to obey,” the report released by the State Attorney’s Office for the 4th Judicial Circuit of Florida said. The report was dated Wednesday.

McNeil “created a dangerous situation for himself and law enforceme

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