The roughly 40-second video, recorded last Thursday near 54th and Arlington streets, shows two officers arriving at a home. One officer exits the vehicle, approaches a group of men and shoves one of them.

"You want to like my daughter's pictures?" the officer says in the video before pushing the man. The officer then turns toward the person recording and knocks the phone out of his hand.

Jerald Bridges, the man who was shoved, told local media that the confrontation was the second time he had encountered the same officer that day. The first interaction, he said, occurred hours earlier outside a nearby store.

"He told me to move, and I told him, I said, 'I'm waiting for my food,'" Bridges said. "He said, 'You're not moving fast enough, I'm gonna give you a CVN.' I said, 'Alright.' When I started to walk off, he grabbed me and put me in handcuffs."

Bridges said he received a citation and recorded video from the back of the police cruiser, which he says shows the same officer involved in the later confrontation.

A few hours later, Bridges said, the two crossed paths again, resulting in the encounter captured on video.

Bridges disputes the officer's accusation that he liked photos of his daughter. "I never liked no pictures. I never liked no pictures," he said.

Bridges acknowledged that some of his friends had commented on the officer's Halloween photos. "He had a clown outfit on for Halloween, and they said that outfit suits you," Bridges said. "No one liked his daughter's pictures. Nobody never disrespected his daughter."

Bridges also alleges the officer threatened him during an exchange that was not captured on video. He said he now fears for his safety, citing the officer's access to a firearm and his personal information.

The Fraternal Order of Police did not respond to a request for comment. The Philadelphia Police Department confirmed it is aware of the video and is investigating, but declined to comment further.

The incident comes amid ongoing national scrutiny of police conduct captured on cellphone cameras and shared widely on social media, which has repeatedly prompted internal reviews and calls for greater accountability. Community advocates have long argued that such videos are a critical tool for documenting misconduct, while police unions have cautioned against rushing to judgment before investigations are complete.

It remains unclear what disciplinary action, if any, the officer could face. The department has not released the officer's name or additional details about the investigation.