Video shows police supervisor hitting woman at Puerto Rican Day festivities
A Philadelphia police supervisor hit a Puerto Rican Day reveler twice in the head so hard yesterday that the blows sent the woman to the ground and then she was charged in the incident, according to police and a video posted on YouTube Sunday.
Video shows police supervisor hitting woman at Puerto Rican Day festivities
Update: The highway patrol supervisor seen hitting the woman in the video has been identified by sources as Lt. Jonathan Josey II, a man who once nominated himself to be a Daily News Sexy Single.
Josey, 39, a Daily News Sexy Single in 2006, said his most outstanding features were his "charm and magnetic personality." He said he was looking for a "sexy, sexy, sexy" woman and was sick of meeting women that act like girls.
In July 2010 while he was off duty, Josey was stabbed outside a West Philly bar while trying to break up a fight. In March of 2010, he fatally shot an armed robber in Montgomery County when he interrupted a robbery at a 7-Eleven.
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A Philadelphia police supervisor hit a Puerto Rican Day reveler twice in the head so hard yesterday that the blows sent the woman to the ground and then she was charged in the incident, according to police and a video posted on YouTube Sunday.
When the video begins, it appears several revelers are spraying water on the street and on the police officers. It is unclear if the woman is one of them, but she does have what appears to be a water bottle in her hand.
A police supervisor in a white shirt seems to zero in on the woman and as she tries to walk away from him, he comes up behind her and hits her in the face and then in the back of the head. She falls to the ground and seems to be asking the officer "why" as he places handcuffs on her.
Once in handcuffs, she is led away by two other officers and is seen with blood on her face. All the while, a Puerto Rican flag hangs from the back of her pants.
The video, titled "Philadelphia Police Brutality" is 36 seconds long and had more than 3,800 views by 3:30 p.m.
Police spokesman Lt. Ray Evers said the department is "fully aware" of the video and what it depicts. He said the officer involved has been identified and Internal Affairs opened up an investigation in to the incident this morning. He said Commissioner Charles Ramsey, who is in San Diego at a conference, is also aware of the video.
Evers declined to publicly identify the officer, but did say he is a supervisor in Highway Patrol. He did not know if the officer had been placed on desk duty.
Police also declined to identify the woman, who was given a disorderly conduct citation for the incident. According to Evers, the 39-year-old woman's citation states "liquid and some other objects were thrown at a group of officers causing a large crowd."
She was the only person given a citation for the incident, Evers said.
The incident did not happen along the Puerto Rican Day Parade route, but rather, at 5th Street and Lehigh Avenue in North Philadelphia, according to police.
This comment has been deleted.— SPOOK- You can see her throwing water on the Police as she walks around. Then a male lobs some water in front of her. She got punched for his water, not hers. I'd say off-setting penalties on that play. Act like adults with a purpose in life and you wont find yourself at 5th and Lehigh. LOL — pmerwin
- "Act like adults with a purpose in life and you wont find yourself at 5th and Lehigh." LOL, that's really funny erwin. Let me guess, you're one of those guys that makes jokes all the time, but no one thinks they're funny. I am just going on experience here, so you'll forgive if I am incorrect. But, jeez, you're quite a hoot. Offsetting penalties... is that baseball talk?! — TheLowDown
- pmerwin is an unfunny a@@hole — Cole_World
- Just like the NFL normally the last one who reacts normally gets caught - so using your analogy, he should get penalized.
— DCNUPE - Tomorrows headline: Puerto Rican Woman Hits The Lottery
— D.C. Stinkley - this was SOP at the Occupy Wall street events, why the concern now???
— Tageman - This comment has been deleted.— elfman
- You do realize that Puerto Ricans are Americans right...?
— daxtremesolja - This comment has been deleted. — 1republican
- Note to 1republican: This is the Puerto Rican Day Parade not 'grab any latino on the street' parade. As a Latino, I don't go to their parades and they don't come to mine. — jonline
- Note to 1republican: It was the "Puerto Rican Day Parade," not the "Latino Day Parade."
- This comment has been deleted. — dontlikedems
- They do speak English you pleb. They just happen to be bilingual and are proud of their heritage... something you're clearly afraid of due to your ignorance. This is the United States of America, not the National Socialist Anglo-Saxon States of America. Deal with it. — daxtremesolja
- Yes we do know that Puerto Rico is a part of the commonwealth. They do not pay taxes and reap the benefits of tax paying Americans. — LUCYLITTLE491
