PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — The Philadelphia Police Department is investigating a viral video showing an officer shoving a man during an encounter in West Philadelphia, while accusing him of liking photos of the officer’s daughter on social media.<\/p>\n
The roughly 40-second video shows two Philadelphia police officers arriving at a home near 54th and Arlington streets last Thursday.<\/p>\n
One officer gets out of the vehicle, approaches a group of men and shoves one of them.<\/p>\n
“You want to like my daughter’s pictures?” the officer says.<\/p>\n
The officer then shoves the man, then turns toward the person recording the encounter and knocks the phone out of his hand.<\/p>\n
Action News spoke with the man who was shoved, Jerald Bridges, who said the confrontation was the second encounter he had with the same officer that day.<\/p>\n
Bridges said the first interaction happened just hours earlier outside a nearby store.<\/p>\n
“He told me to move, and I told him, I said, ‘I’m waiting for my food,'” Bridges said. “He said, ‘You’re not moving fast enough, I’m gonna give you a CVN.’ I said, ‘Alright.’ When I started to walk off, he grabbed me and put me in handcuffs.”<\/p>\n
Bridges said he received a citation and recorded video from the back of the police cruiser, which he said shows the officer involved in the later confrontation.<\/p>\n
A few hours later, Bridges said, the two crossed paths again, resulting in the encounter captured on video.<\/p>\n
But Bridges disputes the officer’s accusation that he liked photos of his daughter.<\/p>\n
“I never liked no pictures. I never liked no pictures,” he said.<\/p>\n
Bridges acknowledged that some of his friends had commented on the officer’s Halloween photos.<\/p>\n
“He had a clown outfit on for Halloween, and they said that outfit suits you,” Bridges said. “No one liked his daughter’s pictures. Nobody never disrespected his daughter.”<\/p>\n
Bridges also alleges the officer threatened him during an exchange that was not captured on video.<\/p>\n
He said he now fears for his safety, citing the officer’s access to a firearm and his personal information.<\/p>\n
Action News reached out to the Fraternal Order of Police for comment but has not received a response.<\/p>\n
The Philadelphia Police Department confirmed it is aware of the video and is investigating. The department declined to comment further.<\/p>\n
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