Former Philadelphia Police Officer Arrested For SUV Assault

PHILADELPHIA (AP) – A fired Philadelphia police officer has been arrested on aggravated assault and other charges in the beating of a mother who was violently pulled from her SUV by police after she accidentally drove into a scene of civil unrest between police and protesters with her 2-year-old son in the car. The interaction between Rickia Young and more than a dozen officers during the October 27, 2020 protests that followed the fatal police shooting of Walter Wallace, Jr.- a Black man in mental health crisis- was recorded by at least one witness on their cellphone. Darren Kardos, 42, was one of two officers fired over the incident and the first to face charges.