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0 of 26 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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A Philadelphia police officer used his foot to nudge a man lying in the street — and then left him there and drove off — just before a car fatally hit the man.
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car → use → man
Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel said Monday that the officer has been suspended for 30 days, and that they plan to fire him after, WPVI reported.
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WPVI → say → him
“All of us, whether you’re a Philadelphia police officer, or you can be an officer on the other side of the country, have a duty to follow an officer’s code of ethics,” Bethel said.
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Bethel → ’re → ethics
“In those ethics, we specifically describe, ‘My fundamental duty is to serve the community and safeguard the lives and property.’
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duty → describe → lives
He did not do that on that day and as a result of that, he has been given 30 days to dismissal from the police department.
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he → do → department
Authorities have not named the officer, but said he has been with the department for two years.
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he → name → years
The officer approached Eugene Beauford, 48, around 1:40 a.m. of August 27, driving up alongside him as he walked unsteadily along the bike lane of a road.
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he → approach → road
Video showed Bueaford staggering along the road.
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Bueaford → show → road
As the two talked, Beauford fell, prompting the officer to exit his vehicle.
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Beauford → talk → vehicle
Video obtained by NBC 10 showed the officer coming up to the prone Beauford and standing over him.
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officer → obtain → him
The officer then used his foot to nudge the man.
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officer → use → man
The cop returned to his vehicle and drove away from Beauford, who remained on the ground.
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who → return → ground
Another person later walked over and spoke with Beauford, who was lying between the street and bike lane.
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who → walk → street
That bystander eventually walked away, as Beauford was still on the ground.
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Beauford → walk → ground
Less than five minutes later, a green Kia entered the bike lane to pass another vehicle and hit Beauford, the video showed.
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video → enter → Beauford
The car quickly drove off.
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car → drive → ?
Both the initial bystander and another person later moved Beauford to the curb and called 911.
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bystander → move → 911
Emergency responders — including the cop who initially approached Beauford — arrived at the scene.
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who → include → scene
That same officer failed to provide Beauford with aid once again.
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officer → fail → aid
Authorities also said he failed to file a police report after the horrifying incident.
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he → say → incident
Beauford was taken to a nearby hospital, where he later died.
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he → take → hospital
Police officials said they only learned of the fatality after the department was contacted by the medical examiner’s office.
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department → say → office
“We live by a code of ethics, and we have to be driven by that each and every day if we want to do this job properly,” Bethel said.
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Bethel → live → job
“I felt disgusted.”
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I → feel → ?
The green Kia involved in the hit-and-run and its driver have been located, authorities said.
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authorities → involve → hit
No arrest or charges have been announced.
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arrest → announce → ?
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