It all came down to the decision not to waive his right to a trial by jury.
Now, Reed Foster, a 44-year-old father of three, who had been facing several years in prison over an allegedly fabricated story that he aimed a gun at a police officer, is not only a free man, but he has also won a $400,000 civil rights award against the Philadelphia police officer who he claims falsely accused him of the crime.
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