Buffalo police shoving incident

Buffalo police shoving incident
Reporter Michael Desmond of WBFO filmed Buffalo police pushing Gugino to the ground. When an officer went to check on Gugino, another officer pulled him away.
DateJune 4, 2020
LocationNiagara Square, Buffalo, New York
Non-fatal injuriesConcussion and skull fracture
Arrests2 Buffalo police officers charged with felony assault, not convicted

On June 4, 2020, amid the George Floyd protests in New York state, police officers from the Buffalo Police Department pushed 75-year-old Martin Gugino during a confrontation in Buffalo's Niagara Square, causing him to fall to the ground which left him bleeding from the ear.[1] Gugino was seriously injured, sustaining a brain injury, and was still unable to walk nearly two weeks later.[2][3][4] He was hospitalized for nearly four weeks.[5]

Two Buffalo police officers were charged with felony assault in connection with the incident; they pleaded not guilty.[6] Governor Andrew Cuomo and Senator Chuck Schumer condemned police conduct in the incident.[7] President Donald Trump spread false and unfounded conspiracy theories about Gugino in his response to the incident on Twitter.[8][9][10][11] On February 11, 2021, Erie County district attorney John Flynn announced that a grand jury had dismissed the charges against the officers.[12]

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