Video showing Jacksonville officer slapping man during traffic stop under review, JSO said

SEARCH. IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION, YOU’RE URGED TO CALL THE SAINT JOHNS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE. IN OTHER LOCAL NEWS. PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY ARE SPEAKING OUT AFTER SEEING A VIDEO CIRCULATING ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND IT APPEARS TO SHOW JSO OFFICER SLAPPING A HANDCUFFED MAN. THE MAN IN THE VIDEO IS 29 YEAR-OLD ONE LSU JUNIOR ELLIS WAS ARRESTED FRIDAY AFTER INITIALLY BEING PULLED OVER FOR RUNNING TO STOP SITE. HE WAS RELEASED THE FOLLOWING DAY NEWS. 4 JAX REPORTER ALICIA HATCHER SPOKE WITH HIS FAMILY OVER THE PHONE AND SAY THAT TY WA JUSCE F WHAT HPENED TO

HIM. >> A VIDEO IS CIRCULATING ONLINE THAT APPEARS TO SHOW A JACKSONVILLE SHERIFF’S OFFICER SLAPPING A MAN DURING A TRAFFIC STOP. AND THE 45 SECOND VIDEO, DEWAN ELLIS JUNIOR IS SEEN ON THE SIDE OF A CAR WITH 2 OFFICERS NEXT TO HIM. HE APPEARS TO BE ON THE PHONE TELLING SOMEONE HIS LOCATION WHILE AN OFFICER PETS HIM DOWN. MOMENTS LATER, ONE OF THE OFFICERS TELLS ALICE TO STOP PUSHING AGAINST THEM BEFORE YOU HEAR A LOUD NOISE. >> YEAH. WE’VE GOT TO HIT THEM. BROUGHT. >>MARY BAER: IN THE VIDEO, IT APPEARS ELLIS WAS IN FRONT OF

THIS SIGN AND THE GRAND PART NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN HE WAS PULLED OVER AND ARRESTED ON SEVERAL CHARGES, ACCORDING TO THE ARREST REPORT. >> OFFICERS SMELLED BURNT

MARIJUANA COMING FROM ELLIS’S CAR DURING THE TRAFFIC STOP. IT GOES ON TO SAY HE WAS ASKED TO GET OUT OF THE CAR AFTER OFFICERS LEARNED HIS LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED. THEY SAY WHE YINGO HEEGANTO TURN HIS BODY AND CONTINUE TO RESIST BY 10, THINK ITS ARMS AND PULLING AWAY FROM OFFICERS EVEN AFTER HE WAS HANDCUFFED. ELLIS WAS CHARGED WITH RUNNING TO STOP SIGNS DRIVING WITH A SUSPENDED LICENSE AND RESISTING AN OFFICER

WITHOUT VIOLENCE. ACCORDING TO THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE BOOKINGS PAGE, 2 OF THE CHARGES ARE LISTED AS INVALID. WHEN IS LISTED AS DROPPED AND THE OTHER IS LISTED AS TIME SERVED. WE SPOKE TO NATASHA WOULD USE AN ARREST SPARKED OUTRAGE ONLINE IN SEPTEMBER ABOUT THIS INCIDENT. COULD YOU TALK TO ME ABOUT YOUR THOUGHTS SCENE, THIS VIDEO THAT HAS BEEN GNG OUNDN SOAL MEDIA? I GOT THE VIDEO YESTERDAY MON AND I WAS UP I WAS UPSET BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE IT’S IT’S A CONTINUING PATTERN THEY’RE DOING TO THE YOUNG BLACK MAN IN THE COMMUNITY LIE US AS A

COMMUNITY HAS TO STAND UP TOGETHER. >>JOY PURDY: SO WE CAN COME TOGETHER TO FIND A SOLUTION. BUT THE SITUATION, MONIQUE SAMPSON, FEELS THE CITY SHOULD AT A PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE TO HELP BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE AND THE COMMUNITY. WE CANNOT EXPECT THE POLICE TO INVESTIGATE THEMSELVES BECAUSE THAT IS PROVING NOT TO BE AN EFFECTIVE STTEGYSO WHAVETO HAVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE MOSTLY AFFECTED BY POLICE BRUTALITY AND POLICE VIOLENCE HAVE A SAY ON HOW THEIR COMMUNITIES ARE POLICED. AND I THINK THAT CAN BRIDGE THE GAP FOR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS LIKE MAD DADS TOOK SAY

SOCIAL MEDIA ASKING FOR THE COMMUNITY’S HELP. >> IN A POST THEY ASKED PEOPLE TO SHARE ANY VIDEOS THEY MAY HAVE OF THE INCIDENT. WE REACHED OUT TO JSO FOR COMMENT. THEY SENT A STATEMENT SAYING WE ARE AWARE AND IT IS BEING ADMINISTRATIVELY REVIEWED AS SUCH. WE ARE UNABLE TO COMMEN