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Woman charged in violent encounter punched, bit Jacksonville officer, sheriff says; 2 bystanders face ‘Halo Law’ charges (Florida)
JAX4 ^ | 10-10-25 | Tarik Minor,Carlos Acevedo,Francine Frazier

Posted on 10/13/2025 5:04:29 AM PDT by dynachrome

A Jacksonville woman is facing multiple felony charges in connection with an incident outside a charter school on Tuesday that also led to the arrest of multiple bystanders who Sheriff T.K. Waters said violated Florida’s new “Halo Law.”

Waters said the arrests are the first for the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office involving the Halo Law.

The entire encounter was captured on an officer’s body camera video and by at least one bystander’s cellphone. The cellphone video was circulating widely on social media platforms this week.

(Excerpt) Read more at news4jax.com ...


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KEYWORDS: attack; crime; florida; floridawoman; halo; police; school
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Video at the site.
1 posted on 10/13/2025 5:04:29 AM PDT by dynachrome
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To: dynachrome

“Erika McGriff, 39, who is a habitual traffic offender and had her Florida driver’s license revoked, parked her car in an intersection and left it running when she was out of the vehicle.”

Laws don’t apply to certain demographics.


2 posted on 10/13/2025 5:06:38 AM PDT by dynachrome (“They don’t kill you because you’re a Nazi; they call you a Nazi so they can kill you.”)
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To: dynachrome

For anyone curious as to the other arrests made...

https://lawblog.mystagingwebsite.com/2025/01/01/halo-law-goes-into-effect-in-florida/


3 posted on 10/13/2025 5:10:29 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! 🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 )
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To: dynachrome

The race hustler crump is now involved.


4 posted on 10/13/2025 5:12:30 AM PDT by V_TWIN (RIP Charlie Kirk)
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To: dynachrome

I would appreciate consecutive sentences, NOT concurrent.


5 posted on 10/13/2025 5:13:45 AM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: dynachrome

Did the driver of the car ever come out to move it?


6 posted on 10/13/2025 5:23:13 AM PDT by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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To: dynachrome

I can’t say what I want to, but I’ m thinking it.


7 posted on 10/13/2025 5:27:16 AM PDT by BigFreakinToad (107 Days of Kamal's BS.)
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To: dynachrome

They do in Florida. Paging Grady Judd!


8 posted on 10/13/2025 5:29:21 AM PDT by FES0844
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To: dynachrome

What’s the Halo Law? Punching and/ok biting Police Officers does not usually equate with “Angelic” behavior.


9 posted on 10/13/2025 5:35:47 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: lee martell

NEW LAW 2025 – Florida’s Halo Law

https://flalawdefense.com/2025/01/01/new-law-2025-floridas-halo-law/


10 posted on 10/13/2025 5:42:41 AM PDT by V_TWIN (RIP Charlie Kirk)
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To: dynachrome

Didn’t even have to look. I knew just what I’d see. Fatigue doesn’t even cover it at this point.


11 posted on 10/13/2025 5:45:16 AM PDT by Mermaid Girl
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You won’t be disappointed. It’s their culture to be combative.


12 posted on 10/13/2025 5:48:26 AM PDT by econjack
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To: Cowgirl of Justice

All laws are rasis, traffic laws, even the law of gravity are rasis.


13 posted on 10/13/2025 5:53:25 AM PDT by Colt1851Navy (What was wrong with riminalNixon?)
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To: lee martell

The halo law say you can “express your displeasure”, film or carry on. You must simply do it at least 25 feet away. It’s for officer safety. If you watch some of these arrest videos you see the cops go to make an arrest and then everybody and their brother comes out of the woodwork to harass and obstruct the officers. The cops and prosecutors in Florida got sick of it and got this law passed. I’ve seen some say it’s a violation of a persons 1st amendment rights. That’s bull💩. Say what you want. Just do it OVER THERE.
➡️➡️

CC


14 posted on 10/13/2025 5:57:17 AM PDT by Celtic Conservative (Heghlu'meH QaQ jajvam!)
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The intention is appropriate, to protect officers or first responders from physical assault, but I thought we already had such laws. The difference here is providing an exact measurable distance between the aggressor and the target of such aggression.

Enforcement and prosecution of those who violate the law is the only thing that will make a real difference. Similar to “Hate Crime” laws. It’s already against the law to curb stomp somebody’s head when they are not presenting a threat.Race or some other discriptor of the victim should not matter. Should not matter.


15 posted on 10/13/2025 6:06:25 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: lee martell

We had obstruction of justice laws. But they seemed to be inconsistently applied or dismissed by judges. They felt they needed another tool in the toolkit to deal with an ongoing issue they were having.

CC


16 posted on 10/13/2025 6:10:16 AM PDT by Celtic Conservative (Heghlu'meH QaQ jajvam!)
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To: dynachrome

All the stereotypes in one incident.

She dindu nuffin.
She ain’t resisting...( while actively resisting.)
She “can’t breeve” x 100
He wuz touchin’ her!
Somebody call her momma!

This behavior is why we can’t have nice things. It is killing our country, and is entirely culturally based. It must be stopped.


17 posted on 10/13/2025 6:16:45 AM PDT by SharpenedEdge (Stockpile. Prepare. Arm. Train. A Storm is coming.)
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To: dynachrome
The cop needs quick-response backup. He also needs a wheel boot as part of his assigned equipment.

Call for backup. Boot the car. Walk away.

Let the entitled offender deal with the towing and impound fees. She'll get the message.

18 posted on 10/13/2025 6:23:05 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: dynachrome

Taze first, ask questions later.


19 posted on 10/13/2025 6:29:19 AM PDT by Mashood
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To: dynachrome

Archie Bunker....

Nuff said, yall know.


20 posted on 10/13/2025 6:29:28 AM PDT by weezel
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