Details of the controversial “Josie is a Police Officer” video revealed

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The Egyptian Ministry of Interior revealed the circumstances of a video clip that spread on social media during the past hours, showing a woman insulting the driver of a car belonging to one of the smart transportation services, and threatening to harm him, claiming that her husband is a police officer in Cairo.

The Ministry said in an official statement, Monday morning, that the examination showed that there were no reports regarding the incident, while the security services were able to identify the driver, who resides in Qalyubia Governorate.

While the driver explained that the incident occurred on October 17, while the woman was riding in the car he was driving within the scope of the Nasr City Police Department in Cairo, when he was surprised that she was carrying a number of people exceeding the capacity of the car, so he asked her to cancel the trip.

He also added that the woman insulted him and threatened to harm him, claiming that her husband was a police officer, which prompted him to photograph the incident to document what happened.

While the Interior Ministry explained that the security services were able to identify the woman and arrest her, and it was found that she resides in the Fifth Settlement Police Department.

When confronted, she admitted that she had never been married, and that her claim that she was the wife of a police officer was contrary to the truth, with the aim of intimidating the driver after she objected to his filming the incident of assaulting him.

The video clip was spread across social media platforms in Egypt, documenting a verbal altercation between the driver and the woman who started directing insulting words at him and threatening him, while the video sparked widespread interaction among users, especially because of the use of the description of a police officer in the context of the dispute.