An ex-Philly cop accused of beating a mother in front of her child during 2020 unrest found not guilty

PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia judge on Monday found a former city police officer not guilty on all charges in connection with the beating of a 28-year-old mother during civil unrest in October 2020 — an incident that attracted national attention when a group of officers pulled the woman from her car and separated her from her toddler for several hours. Municipal Court Judge Francis W. McCloskey Jr. said at the conclusion of a one-day bench trial that prosecutors had not presented enough evidence to show that then-Officer Darren Kardos struck Rickia Young during the chaotic incident. The episod...