(June 5, 2020) – Two Buffalo New York Police officers are off the job this morning. They have been suspended without pay after a video surfaced showing them shoving a 75-year-old protestor. The man was pushed to the ground. Witnesses report even as the man can been seen bleeding from the head, the officers walked away without rendering any assistance. The man is said to be in serious condition this morning in a New York hospital. Governor Andrew Cuomo condemned the actions of the officers in a statement calling them “utterly disgraceful.”
The elderly protester was participating in a George Floyd demonstration against police brutality.