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In this Picture, a Buffalo police officer appears to shove a man who walked to the police on Thursday in Buffalo, New York |
The prosecution investigated on Friday after a video clip of a Buffalo police officer shot a 75-year-old man then fell and broke his head, a confrontation that resulted in the suspension of two officers.
The video from the public radio station WBFO meeting Thursday night, which occurred near the end of the protests over the death of George Floyd in Minnesota, caused an outrage.
This older white man identified as Martin Gugino appears to be approaching a streak of helmet officers carrying batons as they purge protesters from Niagara Square around 8 pm. curfew. Two officers, who appeared to be white, pushed Gugeno back and hit his head on the sidewalk. Blood spills as officers pass. One of the officers tended to check the injured man before he was urged by another officer.
“Why a? Why was it necessary? Where is the threat?” Asked Governor Andrew Como in his daily briefing on Friday. The governor said he had spoken to Gugino, who was in hospital in serious condition. "It's just basically offensive and scary. How did we get to this place?"
A hospital official said the man was "alert and alert," according to a Friday morning tweet written by Mark Polonkars, Erie County chief executive.
"Let's hope he recovers completely," Poloncarz said.
The video immediately sparked outrage, including among elected officials, despite the lack of elemental element that caused Floyd's death - a black man who died after a white police officer pressed his knee on his neck for several minutes - like a flash point.
Mayor Byron Brown said that the police commissioner arrested two police officers without pay. Police officials are expected to provide more information at a news conference Friday afternoon.
Officials said in a press release that the district attorney's office "is continuing to investigate the incident," but the victim was unable to speak to investigators Thursday evening.
Buffalo police initially mentioned in a statement that someone "was injured when he stumbled and fell," according to WIVB-TV, but Captain Jeff Rinaldo later told the TV station that an internal investigation had been opened.
“When I watched the video, sure, it was very sad and very disappointing.“ You don't want to see anything like that, ”Brown told WIVB-TV on Friday.
The state attorney's office, Letiaya James, said on Twitter that officials were aware of the video. US Senator Charles Schumer called for an investigation, according to a statement carried by WIVB-TV.
"The accidental cruelty shown by the Buffalo police officers tonight is painful and unacceptable," John Core, director of the Buffalo Branch of the Civil Liberties Union in New York, said in a statement, adding that it should be "a wake-up call." For city leaders to tackle police violence.