The chair of Philadelphia's city-run police watchdog is accused of selling a witness's name in an attempted murder case to a man who threatened to "blow down the witness in broad daylight."Hassan Bennett, chair of the Philadelphia Citizens Police Oversight Commission, faces charges after investigators say he sold a witness's name and an unredacted arrest report to a prison inmate in a domestic violence attempted murder case to Thomas Scott, who allegedly vowed to "blow down" the witness "in broad daylight." Bennett also works at the Defender Association of Philadelphia.Investigators listened to prison calls and heard Bennett read Scott details from the arrest report in the attempted murder case, the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office said in a news release.Bennett also allegedly handed over the witness's full name.MADISON BROOKS RAPE SUSPECT'S ATTORNEY HELD IN CONTEMPT FOR USING HER NAME TO TRY TO BAN PINK IN COURTROOMPhiladelphia police watchdog chair Hassan Bennett allegedly provided prison inmate Thomas Scott with sensitive information from an attempted murder case, including a witness’s full name, prosecutors said.
(Citizens Police Oversight Commission)Scott then asked Bennett for a copy of the paperwork, offering to pay him $500, officials said.The documents were sent to Scott, who sent them to various other people "in order to intimidate the witness in the open case," the district attorney's office said.The district attorney's office said Scott was recorded saying he "was searching for the witness's location, that the witness needs to recant his statement."LUIGI MANGIONE JUDGE SAYS JURORS WILL REMAIN ANONYMOUS AFTER THREATS AND HARASSMENT OF WITNESSESOfficials say Scott was recorded saying "the whole purpose of his social media posts was to prevent the witness from coming to court."Bennett, who now leads the Citizens Police Oversight Commission, a body formed after the 2020 protests over George Floyd's death, was convicted of second-degree murder in 2...