两头水牛,纽约目前,警方正面临与此案有关的刑事指控视频截图检察官说,一名75岁的男子在抗议。
艾伦·托加尔斯基和罗伯特·麦凯布警官在周六的视频传讯中被指控犯有二级攻击罪,并在自己担保后被释放。他们两人都没有认罪,预计将于7月20日回到法庭。
官员称,周四在尼亚加拉广场的抗议有不到20名示威者和水牛城警察局应急小组的几名成员。
布法罗警察局32岁的罗伯特·麦凯布和39岁的亚伦·托加尔斯基被控二级攻击,此前有人在视频中看到他推搡一名75岁的老人...更多
其中一名抗议者,马丁·古吉诺,在视频中被看到向一群穿制服的警察走去,托加尔斯基和麦凯布被指控推搡他。
视频显示,古吉诺直挺挺地倒在地上,后脑勺撞到了水泥地上。视频显示,这个人的头撞到地面的声音让人群安静下来。
当几名警察从他身边走过时,可以看到一条血迹从这个一动不动的人的头上渗出。
“古吉诺先生多年来一直是一名和平抗议者、人权倡导者和美国宪法的总体支持者。此时,古吉诺先生情况严重但稳定。古吉诺的律师凯利·v·扎尔孔在一份声明中说道。
2020年6月4日,美国纽约州布法罗市,一名老人因抗议乔治·弗洛伊德在明尼阿波利斯警察拘留所死亡而被防暴警察推搡后摔倒...更多
视频显示,另一名去帮助流血男子的官员,可能是国民警卫队成员,被其他官员推搡。
州长安德鲁·科莫在周六的新闻发布会上说,这段视频“骇人听闻,令人作呕”,他认为这是非法的。“一个坏警察是每个好警察的敌人,”科莫说。
市警察局发言人迈克·德乔治最初在一份声明中说,该男子“绊倒了”
2020年6月4日,星期四,在纽约水牛城,一名水牛城警察推着一名男子走向警察
德乔治周四告诉美国广播公司新闻,“一旦该部门意识到现场的额外视频,他们立即展开调查。”。
两名警官都是暂停的伊利县地方检察官约翰·弗林发起了一项调查。
警察工会反对停职,作为回应,应急小组的57名警官辞去了他们的职务,但仍将留在警队。
Buffalo police officers arrested after shoving 75-year-old protester
Two Buffalo,New York, police officers are now facing criminal charges in connection with thegraphic caught-on-video shoveof a 75-year-old man during a protest, prosecutors said.
Officers Aaron Torgalski and Robert McCabe were charged with second-degree assault during their video arraignments on Saturday and were released on their own recognizance. They both entered not guilty pleas and are expected back in court on July 20.
The Thursday protest at Niagara Square had less than 20 demonstrators and several members of Buffalo Police Department's Emergency Response Team, officials said.
Left, Robert McCabe, 32, and Aaron Torgalski, 39, officers with the Buffalo Police Department were charged with second-degree assault after he was seen on video shoving a 75-year-old...more
One of the protesters, Martin Gugino was seen on video walking in the direction of the crowd of uniformed officers when Torgalski and McCabe are accused of shoved him.
Gugino fell flat onto his back and bumped the back of his head on the concrete, video shows. The sound of the man's head hitting the ground silenced the crowd, according to the video.
A trail of blood can be seen seeping from the head of the motionless man as several officers walked by him.
"Mr. Gugino has been a longtime peaceful protester, human rights advocate, and overall fan of the U.S. Constitution for many years. At this time, Mr. Gugino is in serious but stable condition. He is alert and oriented," said Kelly V. Zarcone, Gugino's attorney, in a statement.
An elderly man falls after appearing to be shoved by riot police during a protest against the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, in Buffalo, New York, U.S. June 4, 2020 in...more
Another officer, possibly a National Guard member, who went to aid the bleeding man was pushed by fellow officers, the video shows.
Governor Andrew Cuomo said at a press conference on Saturday that the video was “horrendous, disgusting” and said he believed it to be illegal. "A bad police officer is an enemy of every good police officer," Cuomo said.
The spokesperson for the city and police department, Mike DeGeorge, initially said in a statement that the man "tripped and fell."
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.
"Once the department became aware of additional video from the scene, they immediately opened an investigation," DeGeorge told ABC News on Thursday.
Both officers weresuspendedand the Erie County District Attorney John Flynn launched an investigation.
The police union opposed the suspensions and in response 57 officers on the emergency team resigned from their positions, but will remain on the force.