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The Associated Press reports:
An arbitrator has ruled that two Buffalo police officers didn’t violate the department’s use-of-force guidelines when they pushed a 75-year-old protester to the ground in June 2020 during racial injustice protests following the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
The episode drew national attention when a news crew captured video of Martin Gugino being shoved by officers Robert McCabe and Aaron Torgalski in downtown Buffalo, as crowd control officers in riot gear cleared demonstrators for an 8 p.m. curfew.
Gugino, pushed backward, started bleeding after hitting his head on the pavement and spent about a month in the hospital with a fractured skull and brain injury.
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Gugino is suing the city.
As you may recall, Trump waded into the incident, tweeting that Gugino was likely an “antifa provocateur” and that the assault was staged. Trump cited an OAN report to bolster his claim.
The next day, then-White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany appeared on Fox & Friends to say, in effect, that Gugino got what he deserved because he’d posted “profanity-laden” tweets about the police.
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An arbitrator has ruled that two Buffalo police officers didn’t violate the department’s use-of-force guidelines when they pushed a 75-year-old protester to the ground in June 2020 during racial injustice protests.https://t.co/8ZLI7WpVVf
— WXXI News (@WXXINews) April 11, 2022
Just about an hour ago, police officers shove man in Niagara Square to the ground (WARNING: Graphic). Video from: @MikeDesmondWBFO pic.twitter.com/JBKQLvzfET
— WBFO (@WBFO) June 5, 2020