{"id":86270,"date":"2025-07-23T15:40:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T15:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/86270\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T15:40:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T15:40:11","slug":"ron-desantis-hasnt-seen-violent-jax-traffic-stop-video-but-believes-its-been-debunked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/86270\/","title":{"rendered":"Ron DeSantis hasn’t seen violent Jax traffic stop video, but believes it’s been ‘debunked’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gov. Ron DeSantis<\/strong><\/a> is pushing back against the idea that the Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office (JSO<\/strong><\/a>) is guilty of any wrongdoing regarding new video of a traffic stop<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0that ended in violence.<\/p>\n

\u201cI haven\u2019t seen it, but I\u2019ve heard that it was debunked,\u201d DeSantis said. \u201cThere was a narrative that was done, and then JSO provided the context, and things were a lot different.\u201d<\/p>\n

DeSantis said there\u2019s no reason for him to be concerned and rejected any need to learn the facts about what happened.<\/p>\n

\u201cMaybe I\u2019ll review it, you know, at some point. But I kind of heard about it,\u201d DeSantis said. \u201cThen I heard the response, and I\u2019m like, yeah, that kind of checks out to me without even knowing any of the facts. I just know how this stuff works, right?\u201d<\/p>\n

The driver,\u00a0William McNeil<\/strong><\/a>, was allegedly pulled over in February during the day for not having headlights on. It was not raining and the sun was out. He was punched and forcibly subdued after not cooperating with the traffic stop.<\/p>\n

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The video went viral in recent days. But Jacksonville Sheriff TK Waters<\/strong><\/a> has said \u201cthe cell phone camera footage that began viral circulation over the weekend does not comprehensively capture the circumstances surrounding the incident.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd that is to be expected. Part of that stems from the distance and perspective of the recording cell phone camera,\u201d Waters added.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnother part of it stems from the fact that the cell phone camera did not capture the events that preceded Officer (D.J.<\/strong>) Bowers\u2019<\/strong> decision to arrest McNeil. Moreover, cameras can only capture what can be seen and heard. So much context and depth are absent from recorded footage because a camera simply cannot capture what is known to the people depicted in it.\u201d<\/p>\n

DeSantis agrees with that take, saying that in cases like McNeil\u2019s, \u201ca rush to judgment\u201d and a \u201cdesire to try to get views and clicks by creating division\u201d can predominate, as it did in Ferguson, Missouri<\/a><\/strong>, a decade ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, you had CNN anchors saying, hands up, don\u2019t shoot. Like, basically, the narrative was you had this guy, innocent, unarmed, has his hands up, and some rogue cop just guns him down. And they were saying race was the reason to do it,\u201d DeSantis said.<\/p>\n

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\u201cTurns out, even Eric Holder\u2019s<\/strong> Justice Department did a thorough investigation and said the officer acted appropriately under the circumstances. And so, you know, you had these situations where people will want to make an issue, but I have every confidence in our Sheriff here in Jacksonville that if there\u2019s anything that these guys are not living up to the standards, he\u2019s going to hold them accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n

DeSantis made the comments Wednesday at Jacksonville\u2019s<\/a><\/strong> Wolfson Children\u2019s Hospital<\/a><\/b>.<\/p>\n


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