Jacksonville officers repeatedly kneed and stunned Florida rapper Dasaun Williams during his arrest — continuing to strike him as he vomited

A Florida rapper was kneed in the head and stunned repeatedly during an arrest at a gas station, according to body-worn camera footage.

Dasaun Williams, 23, is a local drill rapper who performs as “Greenlight” in the Jacksonville area.

Deputies from the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office arrested the musician on November 5, 2025, at a Middleburg gas station, authorities said.

Williams had been the target of “Operation Red Light,” a months-long undercover investigation into drug and gang activity in the Jacksonville area, police said.

Investigators accused the performer of selling fentanyl and methamphetamine to informants, according to law enforcement records.

Sheriff’s officials also linked the defendant to the “Out East 1200” gang, police said.

The arrest itself stayed quiet for months following the November encounter, records show.

In March, Williams’ girlfriend emailed local reporters with the subject line “We need help ASAP,” records show. She attached body-worn camera footage that had already started circulating online, according to the correspondence.

The recording shows officers wrestling Williams to the ground, according to the footage.

Officers delivered multiple knees to his head during the struggle, the video shows.

The footage also shows officers firing a stun gun into his back repeatedly, according to the recording.

Officers slapped the musician’s face while he lay pinned to the ground, the video shows. Williams appears to vomit at one point in the footage.

Williams said an officer used a racial slur against him during the arrest encounter.

A booking photograph taken after the arrest showed one eye swollen completely shut, according to records. The image also revealed deep bruising across the side of his face and a fresh gash above his eyebrow.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office initially stated the footage was “under administrative review,” agency officials said.

Department representatives stated that the agency could not comment further on the encounter, according to the response.

Weeks later, civil rights attorneys Ben Crump and Harry Daniels took Williams’ case, representatives announced.

The legal team held a press conference regarding the encounter at Sanctuary of the Mount Calvary Church, counsel said.

“We don’t need outlaws. What we need is law enforcement who respect the Constitution,” Crump said.

The attorneys argued the incident is not isolated and points to policy failures at the Sheriff’s Office, counsel said. Those administrative failures allowed that kind of force to happen in the first place, the lawyers argued.

The excessive force allegations against the officers remain a separate, still-open question, and so far only one case has moved forward, records show.

Williams faces 27 felony counts tied to the undercover drug investigation, court records show.