Philly police investigate viral video of officer shoving man over apparent social media interaction

And now to the details on this a controversial video right here. A Philadelphia police officer getting out of his cruiser to confront a man and things get physical and tonight we've learned this is under investigation. Well, the video shows the officer what appears to push the man and then knocking a phone out of another man's hands. Action News reporter Amanda Pitt spoke with the man who was pushed in this video about why he believes this all happened. She's live for us outside police headquarters, Amanda. Yeah, Sharian Gray, this whole interaction lasts just 30 seconds, but that video shows that Philadelphia police officer shoving a man, but it's what he says in that video that has people talking. That officer claims the man he shoved liked photos of his daughter online. I want to like my daughter's pictures. This video is now at the center of a Philadelphia police investigation. It's my daughter's birthday. It shows two Philadelphia police officers pull up to a home at 54th and Arlington in West Philadelphia last Thursday. One officer gets out, walks up to a group of men and pushes one of them, accusing the man of liking photos of his daughter on social media. Yeah, record all you want. Like my daughter's picture on Instagram. He then turns to the man recording and hits the phone out of his hand. Look, you're on camera. Hold on a second, man. You . . Action News spoke to the man who was pushed, Gerald Bridges. . . . . He says the altercation started . with an encounter with that same officer . . just hours before outside of a store around the corner. . . . . And he told me to move. . . And I told him, I said, I'm waiting for my food. . . . He said, you're not moving fast enough. . . I'm going to give you a CVN. . I said, all right. . When I started to walk off, he grabbed me, put me in the handcuffs. . . . Bridges got a citation and recorded this video from the back . of the cruiser showing the officer in question. A few hours later came the second run-in and the video that's now going viral. But it's what happened in between that's in question. Bridges claims he never liked any photos. I never liked it, no pictures. But Bridges does admit that his friends commented on the officer's Halloween photos. He had a clown outfit on for Halloween, and they said, that outfit suits you. Nobody never liked his daughter's pictures. Nobody never disrespected his daughter. Now we have reached out to the FOP for comment, but we have not yet heard back. Philadelphia police would not comment further on this situation, only saying that they are aware of this video and they are investigating. We're live at police headquarters tonight. Amanda Pitts for Action News at 10 on PHL 17. Well, surely the police department will get to the bottom of what's happening in the video. Amanda, thank you.