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.

A cell phone video showing a white Jacksonville, Florida, police officer striking a Black man in the face during a February traffic stop before he’s dragged from his car has gone viral, sparked outrage and led to conflicting accounts of the incident from civil rights lawyers and law enforcement.

Civil rights advocates condemned the sheriff's department in Jacksonville, Florida, after a video of officers punching a Black man and throwing him to the ground during a February traffic stop went viral online.