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Philadelphia Police Staff Inspector Removed From Streets After Viral Video Shows Him Allegedly Beating Protesters

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Philadelphia Police Staff Inspector Removed From Streets After Viral Video Shows Him Allegedly Beating Protesters
Philadelphia Police Staff Inspector Removed From Streets After Viral Video Shows Him Allegedly Beating Protesters
Dan Koob reports.

PENT UP DEMAND.HE HAS ROUGHLY TRIPLED THENUMBER OF ROAD TEST EXAMINERS.AS THE CITY CONTINUES TOSTRUGGLE WITH SOMEDEMONSTRATIONS A HIGH RANKINGMEMBER OF THE PHILADELPHIAPOLICE DEPARTMENT IS FACINGSCRUTINY AFTER A VIRAL VIDEO.HE'S ALLEGEDLY SEEN STRIKING APROTESTER WITH A BATON.THE STORY NOW FROM "EYEWITNESSNEWS" REPORTER DAN KOOB.Reporter: IT'S A VIDEOTHAT'S GONE VIRAL OF APHILADELPHIA POLICE OFFICERSTRIKING A PROTESTER WITH ABATON IN AND AROUND HIS HEAD.IT'S ONE OF SEVERAL VIDEOSTHAT LAUNCHED CONCURRENTINTERNAL AFFAIRSINVESTIGATIONS SAYSCOMMISSIONER DANIELLE OUTLAWAMID THE PROTESTS.SOME OF THE VIDEOS DEPICTCONDUCT THAT APPEARS TO BEWITHIN OUR POLICY GUIDELINES.HOWEVER, SOME OF THE IMAGESARE DISTURBING AND DEPICTBEHAVIOR THAT DOES NOT APPEARTO BE IN ACCORD WITH OURPOLICIES.Reporter: THIS VIDEOGIVEN TO CBS3 DEPICTS ASTRIKING A 21-YEAR-OLD TEMPLESTUDENT IDENTIFIED AS EVANGORSKI WITH A BATON ANDARRESTING HIM MONDAY.COMMISSIONER OUTLAW DID NOTIDENTIFY JOE BOLOGNA BUT DIDCONFIRM HE'S NO LONGER ON THESTREETS AFTER CHARGES WEREDROPPED AGAINST GORSKI.POLICE SOURCES CONFIRMEDBOLOGNA IS THE OFFICERINVOLVED AND WHEN REACHED FORCOMMENT HE DECLINED.OUTLAW SAYS THEY'LL INTERVIEWBOLOGNA AND THAT ALL OF THESECASES ARE NOT CUT AND DRY.BUT BECAUSE THERE APPEARSTO BE A STRIKE TO ANYTHINGABOVE THE NECK, IT COULDPOTENTIALLY BE LETHAL AND WEHAVE TO DO WHAT WE CAN, THERIGHT THING TO MAKE SURE THATEITHER PUTTING HIM OUT THEREDOES NOT BECOME A FLASH POINT.Reporter: DISTRICTATTORNEY LARRY KRASNER'SOFFICE RELEASED A A STATEMENTSAYING THE VIDEO OF THISINCIDENT IS CLEARLY DISTURBINGTHE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'SOFFICERS AND DISTRICT ATTORNEYKRASNER HIMSELF CAREFULLYREVIEWED THE CASE PRESENTED BYTHE POLICE OTHER EVIDENCE ANDTHEN DECLINED IT.WE ARE TRAINED TO USE FORCEWHEN NEEDED.AT THE SAME TIME THE FORCE HASTO BE PROPORTIONATE TO THE

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