A video that captured the brutal arrest of a Black college student pulled from his car and beaten by officers in Florida has led to an investigation and calls for motorists to consider protecting themselves by placing a camera inside their vehicles.

The footage shows that William McNeil Jr., 22, was sitting in the driver’s seat, asking to speak to the Jacksonville deputies’ supervisor, when authorities broke his window, punched him in the face, pulled him from the vehicle, punched him again and threw him to the ground.

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[–] 106 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Yup, there are AMAZING videos of people who use the app Attorney Shield that immediately puts you in contact with a lawyer, starts recording video and audio and blocks the device so their only option is to smash it to stop recording.

It feels like an "anti tyranny" insurance of sorts, you pay what? $200 a year? and you use it even on traffic stops because there's absolutely and I mean ABSOLUTELY NO BENEFIT TO COOPERATING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT, embrace and exercise your rights and then go to court.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    The attorney is just going to tell you (a) yes you have to provide your ID (b) yes you have to get out of the car.

    I mean if they told you that in real time, and you were actually willing to do it when they told you, then yes it would be worth the $200/yr to save yourself and your car getting damaged and then you getting a bunch of extra charges.

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