Well-known civil rights attorneys Ben Crump and Harry Daniels are set to represent a Jacksonville mother at the center of a violent encounter with a police officer.

Crump and his legal team are investigating the incident that occurred at the IDEA charter school on Bassett Road in the Riverview area on Tuesday.

Bodycam footage showed the encounter that started when an officer approached 39-year-old Erika McGriff about leaving her running car parked in an intersection.

The verbal confrontation quickly escalated and turned physical as the officer attempted to arrest McGriff.

The two get into a scuffle, where JSO said she repeatedly punched and bit the officer.

The video also showed the officer attempting to put her in a chokehold to gain control, pulling her hair and putting her in a hea

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