Vandergrift cop suspended after confrontation with Black restaurant customer back on job

VANDERGRIFT, Pa. — A Vandergrift police officer, who was suspended after an encounter with an African-American man, is back on duty.

Officer William Moore confronted the customer at G and G Restaurant.

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The incident was captured on video and went viral.

Police said Moore responded to a call regarding an African American man smoking marijuana, but the man says he was just waiting for a table.

Moore went back on the job last week, according to our news partners at TribLIVE.com.

He was on paid leave for four weeks.

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