A viral video that captured sheriff’s deputies punching a Black man during a Florida traffic stop is sparking outrage — and prompting authorities to launch an investigation into the February incident.

William McNeil Jr., a 22-year-old Black man, was pulled over by Jacksonville officer D. Bowers in February. McNeil used his phone to capture footage of the traffic stop, which went viral this month on social media.

A viral video of a February traffic stop shows officers in Jacksonville, Florida, arresting William McNeil Jr. after one of them broke his car window and hit him in the face, prompting an investigation.

Standing with civil rights attorneys Ben Crump and Harry Daniels, William McNeil Jr. spoke publicly for the first time since his February 19 arrest.

William McNeil Jr. and his attorneys claimed he experienced fear during a violent traffic stop by Jacksonville police.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said it has launched an internal investigation into the circumstances surrounding an incident that occurred in February, but was shown in a video posted to social media early Sunday morning.

Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters is slated to hold a media briefing regarding the February traffic stop involving 22-year-old William McNeil Jr.