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Two Buffalo police officers face criminal charges in the shoving of a 75-year-old protester who fell and cracked his head, ABC News has learned.
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BUFFALO, N. Y. — Prosecutors investigated Friday after a television crew captured a police officer in Buffalo shoving a 75-year-old man who then falls and cracks his head, a confrontation that resulted in the suspension of two officers. The video from WFBO of Thursday night’s encounter, which happened near the conclusion of race protests over the death of George Floyd in Minnesota, quickly sparked outrage. In this image from video provided by WBFO, a Buffalo police officer appears to shove a man who walked up to police Thursday, June 4, 2020, in Buffalo, N. Y. Video from WBFO shows the man appearing to hit his head on the pavement, with blood leaking out as officers walk past to clear Niagara Square. Buffalo police initially said in a statement that a person “was injured when he tripped & fell,” WIVB-TV reported, but Capt. Jeff Rinaldo later told the TV station that an internal affairs investigation was opened. Mike Desmond/WBFO via APIt showed an officer pushing a man who approached a line of officers clearing demonstrators from Niagara Square around the time of an 8 p.m. curfew. The man falls backward and hits his head on the pavement. Blood leaks out as officers walk past. The mayor, Byron Brown, said in a statement that the man, who hasn’t been publicly identified, was in serious condition. A hospital official said he was “alert and oriented,” Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz tweeted Friday morning.“Let’s hope he fully recovers,” Poloncarz said. The video immediately generated outrage, including among elected officials, despite lacking the racial element that made the death of Floyd, a black man who died after a white police officer pressed a knee on his neck for several minutes, such a flashpoint. The officer and the man in the Buffalo video both appear to be white. Gov. Andrew Cuomo endorsed the suspensions, tweeting that what was seen on video was “wholly unjustified and utterly disgraceful.”The police commissioner suspended two police officers without pay, the mayor said. The district attorney’s office “continues to investigate the incident,” officials said in a news release, but the victim could not talk to investigators Thursday night. Buffalo police initially said in a statement that a person “was injured when he tripped & fell,” WIVB-TV reported, but Capt. Jeff Rinaldo later told the TV station an internal investigation was opened.“When I saw the video, certainly, it was incredibly distressing and very disappointing. You don’t want to see anything like that,” Brown told WIVB-TV on Friday. The office of state Attorney General Letitia James tweeted that officials there were aware of the video. U. S. Sen. Charles Schumer called for an investigation, according to a statement reported by WIVB-TV.
More than 50 police officers in Buffalo have resigned in support of two colleagues who were suspended after video showed them shoving a 75-year-old peace activist to the ground who then cracked his head and was hospitalized with severe injuries. The resigning 57 officers comprised the entire Buffalo police department (BDP) emergency response team. They will still be employed by BDP and be paid, but they will no longer work on the emergency response team. The shock development, which triggered a wave of social media outrage, is likely to heighten tensions in the city in New York state, which like many other places has seen widespread anti-police-brutality protests in the wake of the killing of George Floyd by a white Minneapolis police officer. The protests have been marred by widespread incidents of police violence against demonstrators and the media that have triggered condemnation by civil rights groups in the US and overseas. Many of them have been filmed and spread via social media. The brutal attack on Martin Gugino by the Buffalo police seemed to strike a particular chord. Video from the public radio station WBFO shows Gugino approaching a line of helmeted officers holding batons as they clear demonstrators from Niagara Square around the time of an 8pm curfew. Two officers push Gugino backward, and he hits his head on the pavement. Blood spills as officers walk past. One officer leans down to check on the injured man before he is urged along by another officer. Prosecutors are now investigating and two officers have been suspended.“Why? Why was that necessary? Where was the threat?” asked the New York governor, Andrew Cuomo, at his daily briefing on Friday, saying he had spoken to Gugino. “It’s just fundamentally offensive and frightening. How did we get to this place?”But the local police union boss defended his officers. “Fifty-seven resigned in disgust because of the treatment of two of their members, who were simply executing orders,” said John Evans, PBA president, according to WGRZ. Byron Brown, the mayor of Buffalo, said contingency plans were in place “ensure public safety”. Additional state troopers will be in the city through the weekend to assist Buffalo police, according to a state police spokesman. Brown said they were working with other agencies. Gugino was hospitalized and was “alert and oriented”, according to a Friday morning tweet by Mark Poloncarz, the Erie county executive. Poloncarz at a briefing later in the day wished Gugino a “speedy recovery” and said the incident “created a black mark, a stain on the city of Buffalo”. Gugino is a retiree who lives by himself in the area, say friends who describe him as a veteran peace activist driven by his faith and a desire for social justice. He is involved with the Western New York Peace Center and Latin American Solidarity Committee, said Vicki Ross, the center’s executive director.“I can assure you, Martin is a peaceable person,” Ross said. “There is no way that he was doing
Prosecutors were investigating Friday after a video captured police in Buffalo shoving a 75-year-old man who then fell and cracked his head, a confrontation that resulted in the suspension of two officers.
Video of Thursday night’s encounter, which happened near the conclusion of protests over the death of George Floyd in Minnesota, quickly sparked outrage.
It shows a man identified as Martin Gugino approaching a line of helmeted officers holding batons as they clear demonstrators from Niagara Square around the time of an 8 p.m. curfew.
In this image from video provided by WBFO, a Buffalo police officer appears to shove a man who walked up to police on Thursday in Buffalo, N. Y. | Mike Desmond/WBFO via APProsecutors investigated Friday after a video captured a police officer in Buffalo shoving a 75-year-old man who then falls and cracks his head, a confrontation that resulted in the suspension of two officers. Video from public radio station WBFO of Thursday night’s encounter, which happened near the conclusion of protests over the death of George Floyd in Minnesota, quickly sparked outrage. It shows an older white man identified as Martin Gugino approaching a line of helmeted officers holding batons as they clear demonstrators from Niagara Square around the time of an 8 p.m. curfew. Two officers, who also appear to be white, pushed Gugino backward and he hit his head on the pavement. Blood spills as officers walk past. One officer leans down to check on the injured man before he is urged along by another officer.“Why? Why was that necessary? Where was the threat?” asked Gov. Andrew Cuomo at his daily briefing Friday. The governor said he spoke to the Gugino, who had been hospitalized in serious condition. “It’s just fundamentally offensive and frightening. How did we get to this place?”A hospital official said the man was “alert and oriented,” according to a Friday morning tweet by Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz.“Let’s hope he fully recovers,” Poloncarz said. The video immediately generated outrage, including among elected officials, despite lacking the racial element that made the death of Floyd — a black man who died after a white police officer pressed a knee on his neck for several minutes — such a flashpoint. The police commissioner suspended two police officers without pay, said Mayor Byron Brown. Police officials were expected to provide more information at a news conference on Friday afternoon. The district attorney’s office “continues to investigate the incident,” officials said in a news release, but the victim could not talk to investigators Thursday night. Buffalo police initially said in a statement that a person “was injured when he tripped & fell,” WIVB-TV reported, but Capt. Jeff Rinaldo later told the TV station an internal investigation was opened.“When I saw the video, certainly, it was incredibly distressing and very disappointing. You don’t want to see anything like that,” Brown told WIVB-TV on Friday. The office of state Attorney General Letitia James tweeted that officials there were aware of the video. U. S. Sen. Charles Schumer called for an investigation, according to a statement reported by WIVB-TV.“The casual cruelty demonstrated by Buffalo police officers tonight is gut-wrenching and unacceptable,” John Curr, the Buffalo chapter director for the New York Civil Liberties Union, said in a statement, adding that it should be a “wake-up call” for city leaders to address police violence.
Prosecutors are investigating the actions of two Buffalo police officers who were suspended without pay on Thursday night after a video showed them shoving a 75-year-old protester, who was hospitalized with a head injury. The video taken by WBFO, a local radio station, shows the man, identified on Friday as Martin Gugino, approaching a group of officers during a protest stemming from the death of George Floyd. He was identified by the Western New York Peace Center, a nonprofit that named him in a Facebook post, saying he is a peace activist and a member. After the video shows Mr. Gugino stopping in front of the officers to talk, an officer yells “push him back” three times; one officer pushes his arm into Mr. Gugino’s chest, while another extends his baton toward him with both hands. Mr. Gugino flails backward, landing just out of range of the camera, with blood immediately leaking from his right ear. An officer leans down to examine him, the video shows, but another officer then pulls the first officer away. Several other officers are seen walking by the man, motionless on the ground, without checking on him. On Friday, the Erie County District Attorney’s Office said in a statement that prosecutors were investigating the incident. It said Mr. Gugino was unable to provide a statement to investigators on Thursday night at the Erie County Medical Center, where he was taken for treatment for the head injury. On Friday, Mr. Gugino was in serious but stable condition and was alert and oriented, according to a hospital spokesman. The video, which rapidly spread across social media, added to a growing body of videos from across the nation that showed officers responding to protests against police violence with more police violence. Fury among online supporters of the protests was heightened by the Police Department’s initial claim that he “tripped and fell, ” a description at direct odds with the video. On Friday, John T. Evans, the president of the Buffalo police union, said all 57 officers on the Emergency Response Team, a special squad formed to respond to riots, had resigned from their posts on the team in support of the suspended officers, according to The Buffalo News. The officers remain members of the department.“These officers were simply following orders from Deputy Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia to clear the square, ” Mr. Evans told The News. “It doesn’t specify clear the square of men, 50 and under or 15 to 40. They were simply doing their job. I don’t know how much contact was made. He did slip in my estimation. He fell backwards. ”The union and the Buffalo Police Department did not immediately respond to messages seeking comment on Friday. Byron Brown, the mayor of Buffalo, said the city was aware of the development.“At this time, we can confirm that contingency plans are in place to maintain police services and ensure public safety within our community, ” he said.
The Golden State Warriors investor who shoved Kyle Lowry during Game 3 of the NBA Finals has been banned from attending NBA games for the next year. Mark Stevens has also been fined $500,000 by the league after he gave the Toronto Raptors guard a hard push and repeatedly swore at him. The NBA said Stevens has been banned effective immediately and he will also be barred from attending any Warriors team activities. The ban will carry through next season.’A team representative must be held to the highest possible standard, and the conduct of Golden State Warriors investor Mark Stevens last night was beyond unacceptable and has no place in our league,’ the NBA said in a statement on Thursday. ‘As the review of this matter continues, Mr Stevens will not be permitted to attend NBA games.’ The incident unfolded early in the fourth quarter at Oracle Arena when Lowry ran down a loose ball while Stevens was sitting courtside. After leaping out of bounds and into the stands, not far from where Warriors owner Joe Lacob was sitting, Lowry landed in the lap of a male fan who appeared to grab his jersey with two hands. At the same time Stevens, who was seated and wearing a blue shirt, extended his left arm and gave Lowry a hard shove in his left shoulder.Lowry said Stevens also cursed at him ‘multiple times’ during the incident. The guard complained to officials and Stevens was promptly ejected from the stadium. ‘He reached over and put his hands on me for no reason and then he said a couple vulgar words to me and repeated them repeatedly,’ Lowry told ESPN on Wednesday.’In our league there’s no place for that. Honestly I hope he is never allowed to come (back) to an NBA game. He shouldn’t have done that. There’s no place for that.’ Lowry said on Thursday that he was ‘furious’ during the incident, noting that Stevens has yet to personally reach out to him and apologize. ‘He’s not a good look for the ownership group they have,’ the Raptors star told ESPN. ‘He showed his true colors at the time. He shouldn’t be a part of our league.’ Before the NBA made their decision, the Warriors had already announced on Thursday that they were banning Stevens for the remainder of the series. ‘Mr Stevens’ behavior last night did not reflect the high standards that we hope to exemplify as an organization,’ read the team statement. ‘We’re extremely disappointed in his actions and, along with Mr Stevens, offer our sincere apology to Kyle Lowry and the Toronto Raptors organization for this unfortunate misconduct.’ ‘There is no place for such interaction between fans – or anyone – and players at an NBA game. Mr Stevens will not be in attendance at any of the remaining games of the 2019 NBA Finals.’ Warriors coach Steve Kerr also called Stevens’ behavior ‘unacceptable’ and said he would be personally apologizing to Lowry and the Raptors. The incident overshadowed a breakout game for Lowry. He scored 15 points in the first half to get the Raptors going and finished 8 of 16 from
OAKLAND, Calif. — Drake has been outdone. In a bizarre scene, a Warriors fan pushed Raptors point guard Kyle Lowry on the sidelines after he scrambled for a loose ball and dove out of bounds early in the fourth quarter not far from where Warriors owner Joe Lacob was sitting. As he was getting up off the floor, it appeared the fan pushed him in the shoulder. A female who was standing nearby patted the veteran guard on his back, according to the Associated Press. Lowry was livid afterward, saying the fan should not come back. The fan was ejected. “As for that fan, there’s no place for that,” Lowry said. “He had no reason to touch me. He had no reason to reach over two seats and then say some vulgar language, there’s no place for people like that in the league. see also Drake instantly trolls Warriors’ Klay Thompson with questionable photo The NBA Finals are quickly becoming the Drake vs. Klay… “Hopefully he never comes back to an NBA game,’’ Lowry said. Later on ESPN, Lowry called for the fan’s banning. The fan could not hold Lowry down as he erupted for a team-high 23 points in the Raptors’ 123-109 Game 3 victory. The league said it is investigating the incident, according to the website. Before the Finals, the NBA had warned Drake about not interfering on the court.
Watch as Kyle Lowry dives into the crowd for the ball and appears to be shoved by a fan in the seats.
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