A version of the video was posted to an Instagram account titled “phillyspotnews,” and the Philadelphia Police Department has confirmed to the Inquirer they have bodycam video of the incident.
police officer in Philadelphia is under a investigation after a video appeared online, in which the officer is accused of using a racial slur twice during an attempted arrest.that the video, which was recorded at night in the city’s Germantown neighborhood, appears to shows an officer using a racial slur while attempting to get a driver of a parked SUV to open the door of their parked vehicle.
In the video, the officer is pointing his gun at the driver and yells that he can see a gun inside the vehicle. He then orders the driver to open the door, but the driver does not comply. While giving these orders, the officer appears to use a racial slur twice, which prompts angry responses from onlookers nearby.
The officer then attempts to break the window with a baton, then appears to use a taser on the driver, and the vehicle then rolls forward into another stopped vehicle. At least two other officers were present and shining flashlights inside the vehicle.and the Philadelphia Police Department has confirmed to the Inquirer they have bodycam video of the incident.
According to the Inquirer, police commissioner Danielle Outlaw has ordered an Internal Affairs investigation into the incident, and the officer in question has been placed on restricted duty. The names of the driver and the officers involved have not been released. If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation.
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