Police Officer Who Punched Woman At Parade Gets Job Back

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The now former Philadelphia Police lieutenant who was captured on a YouTube video striking a woman during 2012's Puerto Rican Day Parade has been given his job back and will receive all back pay.

The infamous tape, which was viewed over and over again across multiple media outlets, led to Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams to charge Josey with a simple assault charge.

Josey was found not guilty, but was still out of a job. Today, an arbitrator ruled that Josey's job must be reinstated.

Josey told FOX 29 in a one-on-one interview that he desperately wanted back the job that he loves.

full: http://www.myfoxphilly.com/story/23112369/police-pfficer-who-punched-officer-at-parage-gets-job-back

Video of the incident:

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1. Of course he loves his job!

Where else could he go and get to punch women in the face...and then get away with it?

[msongs]

2. will probably be chief one day nt

[Rex]

3. So he punched her in the face but was not found guilty of punching her in the face?

Sure why not.

[xocet]

7. This might be the reason...

Judge in Police Assault Case Is Married to an Officer
Questions about a conflict of interest for the judge who ruled in a controversial police-beating case
By Dan Stamm | Thursday, Feb 28, 2013

Philadelphia's police commissioner, watchdog groups and the court of public opinion are questioning why a Philadelphia judge who is married to a Philadelphia police officer was able to rule on a case in which a former Philly officer was accused of striking a woman -- a moment caught on camera.

Philadelphia District Judge Patrick Dugan acquitted former lieutenant Jonathan Josey of assault. Dugan is married to a 9th District Philadelphia Police officer and NBC10 learned through financial disclosure reports that Dugan’s mortgage is through the Police and Fire Credit Union. Those connections led to some critics to question if the judge could be impartial while ruling in the case against Josey.

“That is something that when I heard it certainly is troubling,” said Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey.

It’s unknown if another judge would have ruled the same way as Dugan did. Dugan said Tuesday that the video, which appears to clearly show Josey striking Aida Guzman at last year’s Puerto Rican Day festivities, "didn’t tell the whole story."

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http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/politics/Josey-Dugan-Judge-Philadelphia-Police-193724311.html

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4. Of course he did.

And many of DU's "Yay Cops" brigade steadfastly asserted that SHE was the aggressor and may have brought it on herself. Fucking amazing.

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5. That sucks!

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8. Good thing they got PPR'ed! They surely made DU suck in other parts too! nt

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6. There's clearly a certain segment of the male population that

gets their rocks off by brutalizing women/kids/animals, and a few of them happen to have badges.

[Egalitarian Thug]

9. Why didn't she just take the damn milk?

Yay, cops!