An arrest in Jacksonville, Florida, went awry, and now there’s a pending call for accountability, conflicting accounts from the complainant and the arresting officer, and a defiant statement by Sheriff T.K. Waters that caused an uproar online for how tone-deaf it was.
A 22-year-old Florida native named William McNeil Jr. was pulled over by police for not having his headlights on. Per CNN, Florida law states that a driver must have headlights on from sunset to sunrise and in cases of fog or rainfall. In recently released bodycam footage, McNeil Jr. is shown having a disagreement with the officer who pulled him over, saying through an open door that he doesn’t need headlights because it’s “still daylight” and “it’s not raining.”
