The viral video of a Black woman being pummeled by a police officer has set social media ablaze with anger, outrage, and calls for immediate justice.

According to CBS News, 39-year-old Erika McGriff was parked at an intersection in front of IDEA charter school in Jacksonville, Florida’s Riverview neighborhood. McGriff was picking up her 9-year-old daughter in the rain and says she asked the school’s principal the proper protocol when picking up children in the rain.

“I asked the principal what was the proper procedure when picking up the walkers whenever it was raining,” McGriff later said in a press conference on Tuesday. “He explained to me the procedures. I then went to pick up my daughter.”

A Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office deputy approached McGriff purportedly because her license had

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