A cell phone video showing a White police officer in Jacksonville, Florida, striking a Black man in the face during a February traffic stop before officers dragged the driver from his car has sparked outrage online as conflicting accounts of the incident have emerged.

William McNeil Jr., who was pulled out of his car and struck by Florida police officers, has spoken out for the first time since the violent incident.

Anthony Davis, the Livingstone College president, made a statement supporting William McNeil Jr., a biology major at the Salisbury school.