Citizen Report No. 1632863215 - 1232730430

Joseph Bologna

Philadelphia Police Department

750 Race Street

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106

(215) 686-3280

[email protected]

https://www.phillyp…

Date of Offense

June 5, 2020

Offense(s)

Use of Force

Supporting Document(s)

Video

Statement

Officer beats protesters with baton and tackles one to the ground.

District Attorney Larry Krasner charged Bologna with aggravated assault on June 5, but a judge dismissed the charges on Jan. 15, 2021. Krasner’s office told ProPublica in May 2021 that it planned to refile the charges. Because Bologna was charged criminally, police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw suspended him for 30 days after the incident with the intent to fire him at the end of his suspension. John McNesby, a Philadelphia police union leader, voiced his support for Bologna after the incident and has created a T-shirt for sale in support of the suspended officer. Bologna is also involved in another incident on this list. Bologna’s lawyer, Fortunato Perri Jr., didn’t return a request for comment in March 2021.

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Definition of Offense(s)

Use of Force

Police brutality is the use of excessive and unnecessary force on the part of a police officer when he is interacting with a civilian, resulting in a violation of the civilian’s civil rights.

Pennsylvania Right to Know Law

65 Pennsylvania Statute § 67.101 et seq.

The Pennsylvania Right to Know Law is a series of laws designed to guarantee that the public has access to public records of governmental bodies. Prior to 2008, the Pennsylvania Right to Know Act was widely regarded as one of the worst in the country, partly because the pre-2008 law presumed that government records were not public, unless someone who wanted the record could establish otherwise. A new law passed by the state legislature and signed by Governor Ed Rendell "flipped the presumption". This new law went into full effect on January 1, 2009 and it states, in sharp distinction to the previous law, that all documents will be presumed to be opento the public unless the agency holding them can prove otherwise.

The Pennsylvania Right to Know Law defines records as, “information, regardless of physical form or characteristics, that documents a transaction or activity of an agency and that is created, received or retained pursuant to law or in connection with a transaction, business or activity of the agency." Any United States citizen may request public records and no statement of purpose is required. There is no restriction on the use of records and five days is the limit for responses to requested documents.

We the People

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Citizen Report No. 1632863215 - 1232730430

Date of Offense

Offense(s)

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Use of Force

Pennsylvania Right to Know Law

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