Officers Robert McCabe and Aaron Torgalski each faced a felony second-degree assault charge in Martin Gugino’s fall, which occurred while Gugino was participating during a protest in response to the death of George Floyd.
Criminal charges have been dropped against Robert McCabe and Aaron Torgalski, two police officers seen on video last spring shoving 75-year-old protester Martin Gugino to the ground in Buffalo, New York, prosecutors said Thursday.
A grand jury declined to indict Buffalo Officers Robert McCabe and Aaron Torgalski on felony assault charges, said Erie County District Attorney John Flynn.
Charges dropped for officers seen shoving elderly Buffalo protester
A grand jury declined to indict Buffalo Officers Robert McCabe and Aaron Torgalski on felony assault charges, ending the matter
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Criminal charges have been dropped against two police officers seen on video last spring shoving a 75-year-old protester to the ground in Buffalo, New York, prosecutors said Thursday.
A grand jury declined to indict Buffalo Officers
Robert McCabe and John Flynn said.
Messages seeking comment were left with lawyers representing the officers. One of them,
Thomas Burton, has previously said that it was a “real stretch in our view to suggest that they intended to hurt this man.”
After video of the encounter went viral, police initially told reporters the man had "tripped and fell" without making any mention of the officers' role.