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CDP Investigating Officer Who Punched Bystander

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia
Published June 11, 2019 at 9:01 AM EDT

Columbus police have released body camera footage of an officer punching a man during an altercation last Friday.  

Cellphone video of the incident went viral.  In the 49-minute long footage, police responding to a call of shots fired near Stanley Avenue ask crowds to step back when Officer A.J. Johnson exchanges words with a man and then punches him. Police say Johnson was protecting bystanders.  An investigation continues. 

Here is a link to the cellphone video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt_RvMlY16c">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt_RvMlY16c
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Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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