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Despite clear and convincing video evidence of the assault, a judge acquits the defendant based solely on the former officers on the stand perjury

A former Philadelphia police lieutenant who was videotaped punching a woman after a Puerto Rican Day parade was acquitted of simple assault Tuesday, two weeks after a judge heard testimony from the officer in which he said he had been trying to knock a bottle from her hand.

Municipal Judge Patrick Dugan found Jonathan Josey not guilty of the second-degree misdemeanor, which was filed in November after prosecutors said they had carefully reviewed video of the altercation.

"We were confident all along that once we had the opportunity to present the facts and circumstances of the incident in a courtroom, as opposed to the court of social media, that Jonathan Josey would be vindicated," defense lawyer Fortunato Perri Jr. said.

The incident happened as police were responding to a raucous situation at a street party in north Philadelphia in September. Authorities said a driver had been causing a disruption, doing doughnuts with his vehicle, and some people were throwing water, shouting epithets and shooting "silly string" at police, trying to restore order.

Video shows 39-year-old Aida Guzman being struck in the face and falling to the ground, her face bloodied, and then being led away in handcuffs. Josey, a veteran supervisor, was later fired.
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SmarterthanYou said:
Despite clear and convincing video evidence of the assault, a judge acquits the defendant based solely on the former officers on the stand perjury
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and now it's being revealed that Judge Patrick Dugan, who found the Lt. not guilty even after viewing the video, is married to a cop who is on the force with said former Lt. josey

http://articles.philly.com/2013-02-28/news/37354733_1_recuse-enrique-latoison-aida-guzman

MUNICIPAL JUDGE Patrick Dugan brushed aside video evidence when he acquitted ex-cop Jonathan Josey on Tuesday of assaulting a woman last September.

Does it matter that he's married to a cop?

A chorus of criticism swelled Wednesday after word spread that Dugan is married to Philadelphia Police Officer Nancy Farrell Dugan, who has been on the force since 1997, city payroll records show.

She also attended Josey's Feb. 12 nonjury trial, sources said.

Some members of the city's Puerto Rican community who denounced Dugan's acquittal of Josey were bristling over the revelation about his wife.

"It's ridiculous. His wife is a police officer, and I understand he was endorsed by the FOP," said Quetcy Lozada, president of the Philadelphia chapter of the National Conference of Puerto Rican Women.

"We're all human beings," Lozada said. "There is no possible way that a judge put in a situation like that will be able to make an unbiased decision."
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and now the abusive and violent cop gets his job back, with all benefits and back pay.

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.
 
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