its them again, and this time at a school;
A chaotic scene unfolded outside a Jacksonville charter school Tuesday afternoon, and for the first time, police enforced Florida’s new “Halo Law,” which makes it illegal to interfere with law enforcement officers within 25 feet of their duties.
According to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, 39-year-old Erika McGriff, a habitual traffic offender with a revoked driver’s license, sparked the incident after leaving her running car in the middle of an intersection near IDEA Charter School on Bassett Road, News4Jax reported.
When Officer Randy Holton, serving at the school as part of the Safe Schools program, approached her, McGriff allegedly denied the vehicle was hers and began walking away.
Holton, calm but firm, gave her a fair shot: “Listen, you can get a ticket or you can keep playing these games and go to jail. I’m going to give you one chance. You created the drama.”
Moments later, Holton attempts to detain McGriff, who pulls away, yelling for him not to touch her in front of her daughter. The officer then moved to handcuff her, and that’s when things turned ugly.
Witness videos show McGriff screaming, cursing, and physically resisting arrest. Holton takes her to the ground, attempting to subdue her as she fights back.
Sheriff Waters later confirmed that McGriff “punched and bit the officer,” leaving a visible bite mark on his arm captured on the bodycam footage...........more............
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