Posted on 06/06/2020 11:51:39 AM PDT by Meatspace
Two Buffalo officers, who were suspended without pay after a video showed police shoving a 75-year-old man to the ground at a George Floyd protest on Thursday night, were charged Saturday with second-degree assault.
A large crowd of police officers and firefighters stood in front of Buffalo City Court to show support for the two officers as they attended a virtual arraignment on Saturday.
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Law enforcement recruitment is going to go to hell.
They pushed him aside as he was trying to do something with his cellphone(?) and he stumbled and fell; he wasn’t pushed down but aside.
Mass resignation.
Don’t trust cops. Hate leftists.
Nationwide.
It already has, and guess what when they can’t find qualified applicants they lower the bar. Portland, OR did this.
Dude was loony. He could have easily gone for the cop’s weapon.
He went for the cops belt with something in his hands - just that deserves a wallop but all he got was a brushback and then he took a dive.
Its been reported the guy participates in many demonstrations. The guy touched the officer with his cell phone and interfered with a police operation. The officer gave him a soft push and he appeared to rush backwards hitting his head. The officer bent down to help him while the supervisor pushed him away and appears to be calling for help. The cop did nothing wrong but unfortunately he faces a kangaroo system.
‘Dude was loony. He could have easily gone for the cop’s weapon.”
Not the MO. It’s about blocking the advancing line so the rioters have more time.
You can see him scoot right in their way when they start moving in.
And they do not put him on the ground. He trips over his own feet.
Oh don't worry, they'll find plenty. They'll just be people you don't want to be cops.
“Not the MO. It’s about blocking the advancing line so the rioters have more time.”
MO doesn’t matter when the opposition’s hand go near the gun.
You mean the guy holding the antifa helmet and poking his cellphone into the police like it was a taser. That A-hole?
Covid age group.
You bet. That reinforces my comment;
"Law enforcement recruitment is going to go to hell".
Of course not. But that did not happen.
“Of course not. But that did not happen.”
His reached toward that area, his hand coming within one foot of the pistol and between the officers body and arm when the officer deflected him.
Yes I see. Agreed.
Let’s see all the facts.
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