JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — For the first time, the Jacksonville mother seen in a viral arrest video outside a Northside charter school is speaking publicly — alongside two women arrested as bystanders under Florida’s new “HALO” law.

Civil rights attorneys Ben Crump and Harry Daniels held a press conference Tuesday, calling on the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office to drop all charges and review what they describe as “excessive force” by officers.

During the emotional press conference, family members of Erika McGriff spoke about the moment she was taken to the ground by police.

“You can not imagine what it will do to a mother to see your child being dough into the ground, punched, beaten by a man.” said a McGriff family member

McGriff, 39, was arrested last week while picking up her 9-year-old d

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