Wichita police review video that appears to show employee shove referee, report says
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The Wichita Police Department is conducting a review after one of its members allegedly shoved a female referee during a youth basketball game on Sunday, The Kansas City Star reported.
The video was posted on Facebook, where a loud whistle can be heard before a man appears to be seen pushing the referee away. The man can also be heard saying, “get out of my way” as he walked off the court with a boy who was likely his son.
“This happened today in Augusta Ks... this guy is a Wichita PD officer, who assaulted a 17yr old basketball official during a 5/6th grade game,” Craig Carlson, the person who posted the video, wrote in the caption.
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It is not clear that the person seen in the video is a police officer and Carlson reportedly obtained the video without attending the game.
Carlson posted the video because the female official -- who was involved in the altercation -- is his friend’s daughter, the paper reported.
“WPD will be reviewing the incident to determine if any department policies were violated,” Cruz said in a statement to the paper. “WPD officials do not have all the facts surrounding the incident at this time and cannot provide any further comment.”
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The Augusta Police Department is also conducting their own investigation.