‘I’m Not Resisting!’: Florida Cop Accuses a Black Driver of Fighting Back, Slaps Him Three Times — Then a Bystander Captures What Never Made It to the Report
Dwon Ellis Jr., a 31-year-old Black man from Florida, had just left the cemetery where he had been visiting his toddler son’s gravesite when he was pulled over for running two stop signs. Jacksonville sheriff’s officer J.A. Hendricks first claimed to have smelled marijuana, then discovered Ellis was driving with a suspended license so he…
