A Florida drill rapper was repeatedly kneed in the head and stunned by officers during an undercover drug arrest, according to records and video footage.
Dasaun Williams, 23, performs as a local drill rapper under the name “Greenlight” in the Jacksonville area.
The performer had been the target of “Operation Red Light,” a months-long undercover investigation into narcotics and gang activity, police said.
Investigators accused Williams of selling fentanyl and methamphetamine to confidential informants, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.
Authorities also tied the rapper to the local “Out East 1200” gang, police said.
On November 5, 2025, sheriff’s officers arrested the musician at a Middleburg gas station, records show.
The arrest itself stayed quiet for months afterward, according to reports.
In March, the defendant’s girlfriend emailed local reporters with the subject line “We need help ASAP,” records show.
She attached body-worn camera footage of the encounter that had already started circulating online, according to the email.
Officers are seen wrestling Williams to the ground, the video shows.
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Deputies delivered multiple knees to his head and fired a stun gun into his back repeatedly, according to the footage.
The rapper was also slapped across the face while pinned to the ground, the recording shows.
At one point in the footage, the defendant appears to vomit, the recording shows.
An officer allegedly used a racial slur during the encounter, Williams said.
A booking photograph taken after the arrest matched what the video suggested, records show.
The image showed one of the musician’s eyes swollen completely shut. It also revealed deep bruising across the side of his face and a fresh gash above his eyebrow, records show.
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office initially stated that the footage was “under administrative review” and that it could not comment further, authorities said.
Weeks later, civil rights attorneys Ben Crump and Harry Daniels took the case on behalf of the performer, records show.
The legal team held a press conference at Sanctuary of the Mount Calvary Church to challenge the department’s use of force. “We don’t need outlaws. What we need is law enforcement who respect the Constitution,” Crump said.
The attorneys argue the incident is not isolated and points to agency policy failures that let such force happen, records show.
Williams faces 27 felony counts tied to the drug investigation, records show. The excessive force allegations against the officers remain a separate, open administrative question, with only the narcotics case currently moving forward.
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