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Police Oversight Chair Hassan Bennett Arrested on Bribery Charges
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- Hassan Bennett, chair of Philadelphia's Citizens Police Oversight Commission, was arrested on bribery and witness-intimidation charges.
- Prosecutors allege Bennett sold unredacted case documents to inmate Thomas Scott for $500.
- A judge set Bennett’s bail at $1 million, keeping him in custody.
- Inmate Thomas Scott faces the same charges and is held on $3 million bail.
- Prosecutors say Bennett obtained the confidential documents through his bail-navigator role at the Defender Association of Philadelphia.