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Florida prosecutors have declined to pursue charges against the sheriff’s deputy caught on video violently arresting William McNeil Jr. , a 22-year-old Black college student, per Newsone .

McNeil was initially pulled over on February 19 for allegedly failing to turn on his headlights and wear a seatbelt. Now-viral video showed McNeil questioning why he was stopped and asking to speak to a supervisor before Officer D. Bowers smashed his window, pulled him from the vehicle, and punched him in the face.

McNeil, who suffered a concussion, a broken tooth, and facial lacerations, was not charged with a crime.

“William was calm and compliant,” attorneys Ben Crump and Harry Daniels said in a statement, calling the traffic stop “dehumanizing.” “Inst

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