ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Sheriff John Mina has launched an inquiry after a video circulating on social media showed an Orange County deputy smashing a car window during a traffic stop Wednesday.
Deputies said around 7:30 p.m. investigators noticed a vehicle blocking traffic lanes with its hazard lights on while protesters in response to George Floyd’s death were walking on the sidewalk on the westbound side of Curry Ford Road.
After a traffic stop was initiated the 21-year-old driver pulls into a Walgreens parking lot, the video shows. We are aware of the video from a traffic stop that is circulating on social media.
Sheriff Mina has asked for a review of the deputies' actions and that review is under way. pic.twitter.com/Rd0ELfFze4 The video