A Philadelphia judge has dismissed assault and other charges against two former city police officers who are brothers. The charges stemmed from an off-duty.
A Philadelphia judge dismissed assault and other charges Tuesday against two former city police officers who are brothers, stemming from an off-duty encounter in which they allegedly injured a man they mistakenly thought was breaking into cars.
Criminal charges against Patrick Smith and James Smith have been dismissed. The two former Philadelphia police officers had been accused of assaulting a man with Asperger's syndrome in August 2020 while off-duty. The judge said there wasn't enough evidence to suggest the brothers had committed a crime.
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) A judge has granted a prosecution request to reinstate charges against a former Philadelphia police officer seen on video lowering the face covering of at least one protester before dousing a group with pepper spray as they knelt on a city interstate during a demonstration in the summer of 2020.