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Fla. sheriff’s office reviews videos showing altercations between LEOs, fans at Florida-Georgia game

“The [Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office] is aware of the videos...from the Georgia-Florida football game,” the office stated. “Administrative reviews of the incidents are being opened”

Fla. sheriff's office reviewing viral videos showing altercations between officers, spectators at Florida-Georgia game

“The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office’s Professional Standards Division is aware of the videos circulating from the Georgia-Florida football game,” the office stated in a social media post. “Administrative reviews of the incidents are being opened. As such, the agency will not comment until all facts are known and the reviews have been completed.”

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By Joanna Putman
Police1

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is investigating viral videos showing separate altercations between officers and spectators at the Florida-Georgia game at EverBank Stadium, the Jacksonville Florida Times-Union reported.

One widely shared video, with over 15 million views on social media, shows two deputies struggling with two different spectators in the stands. The officers appeared to be punch the spectators during the struggle.

Another video of a separate incident shows an officer using a TASER on a confrontational spectator. After being TASED, the fan advanced toward the officer and the two appeared to exchange punches.

Neither video captured the events leading up to the confrontations.

“The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office’s Professional Standards Division is aware of the videos circulating from the Georgia-Florida football game,” the office stated in a social media post. “Administrative reviews of the incidents are being opened. As such, the agency will not comment until all facts are known and the reviews have been completed.”

The sheriff’s office said on Monday it plans to release body-worn camera video from the incidents and an update on the status of the administrative reviews, News4JAX reports.

Mayor Donna Deegan acknowledged the videos and expressed that she has spoken to Sheriff T.K. Waters, stating that the mayor’s office is awaiting the outcome of the investigation.