Police in Buffalo, N.Y. suspended after video shows them shoving man to ground

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One officer seen starting to lean over man before he is motioned away by another; man in stable condition

This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.As protests over the police killing of George Floyd continued into their tenth night on Thursday, a video shows police in Buffalo, New York, in riot gear shoving a white-haired man to the ground and appearing to march past him.

The video taken by a reporter from local public radio station WBFO and posted on its website and Twitter account shows the white-haired man approaching a line of officers in riot gear. One officer pushes him with a baton and a second one pushes him with his hand. The sound of a crack is heard and then blood is seen trickling from the man’s head. The man is not identified.

The video shows the majority of the officers march past, though the officer who pushed the man with the baton starts to lean over him before he is motioned away by another officer. Someone is heard calling for a medic.The radio station reported that two medics came forward and helped the man into an ambulance. Police later said that a man was injured after tripping and falling, the radio station said.

WBFO later reported on Twitter that the two officers involved in the incident were suspended without pay and an internal affairs investigation is under way.Related topics

 

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Were they all out of puppies to boot down the road?

Looks like he embellished his fall and it backfired on him.

False narrative.

Easily could have been a fatal injury for anyone. Buffalos’ Finest?

Suspended? Did you see that video? This act of unprovoked, deadly brutality ends in a suspension? PoliceBrutality in a FailedState.

The man injured in the video is reported to be in stable condition, for those wondering

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