Grand Jury Acquits Two Buffalo Cops Who Shoved 75-Year-Old Man to Ground During 2020 Protests
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The June 2020 incident involving two Buffalo police officers who shoved an elderly man to the ground during protests in New York City resulted in widespread condemnation of the cops. The violent takedown left the man with a skull fracture and inability to walk, although he later recovered partially.
A grand jury has dismissed felony second-degree assault charges against two Buffalo police officers, Aaron Torgalski and Robert McCabe, who violently pushed 75-year-old Martin Gugino, an unarmed activist with the Catholic Worker movement, to the ground in June 2020.
Two police officers are no longer facing felony charges after a Buffalo, New York, grand jury declined to indict them for pushing a 75-year-old man during protests last summer.
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2 Buffalo police officers charged for assaulting 75-year-old protester
Aaron Torglaski, 39, and Robert McCabe, 32, were charged with second-degree assault during their video arraignments on Saturday.Mike Desmond/WBFO via AP
Assault charges against two Buffalo, New York, police officers seen in a video shoving a 75-year-old man to the ground during a protest last year have been dropped, prosecutors announced Thursday.
Officers Aaron Torgalski and Robert McCabe faced felony assault charges over the June 4 incident at Niagara Square. In the video, protester Martin Gugino is seen walking in the direction of the officers before they are seen pushing him. Gugino fell flat onto his back and hit the back of his head on the concrete, video shows.
'I stand by the fact that charges should've been filed, and there was probable cause at that time to charge that offense, and I stand by that,' said DA Flynn.
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