JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (October 13, 2025) – Nationally renowned civil rights attorneys Ben Crump and Harry Daniels will join Erika McGriff for a Tuesday news conference after her Oct. 7 arrest outside IDEA Bassett Charter School.
In recently released video footage, the officer can be seen punching McGriff, throwing her to the ground, pinning her by her neck with his knee, and yanking her hair as she cries out in pain. In the video audio, McGriff says “help” or “I can’t breathe” more than twenty times. Attorney Crump and his legal team are conducting a thorough investigation into the incident and the excessive use of force inflicted upon McGriff, who posed no deadly threat and was unarmed at the time. McGriff will speak publicly and address her injuries.
WHO:
Erika McGriff and family
Attorney Ben Crump
Attorney Harry Daniels
Dr. John Allen Newman, Senior Pastor, The Sanctuary at Mt. Calvary
WHEN:
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
11:15 a.m. ET
WHERE:
The Sanctuary at Mt. Calvary Church
2360 Kings Road
Jacksonville, FL 32209
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MEDIA CONTACT:
[email protected]
ABOUT BEN CRUMP LAW
Through his work, nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump has spearheaded a legal movement to better protect the rights of marginalized citizens. He has led landscape-changing civil rights cases and represented clients in a wide range of areas including civil rights, personal injury, labor and employment, class actions, and more. Ben Crump Law is dedicated to holding the powerful accountable. For more information, visit bencrump.com.
