Posted on 02/11/2021 4:33:10 PM PST by RandFan
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — 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 Aaron Torgalski on felony assault charges, Erie County District Attorney John Flynn said, ending a matter that drew national attention at the height of protests over the police killing of George Floyd.
Messages seeking comment were left with lawyers representing the officers. A message was also left for the man who was pushed to the ground, longtime activist Martin Gugino.
John Evans, president of the Buffalo Police Benevolent Association, told The Buffalo News: “Obviously, we are ecstatic with their decision. These officers have been put through hell and I look forward to seeing them back on the job.”
Flynn, echoing earlier statements, said he didn’t necessarily feel that altercation rose to the level of a felony but that state law required prosecutors to bring such a charge when a victim is at least 65 and the suspected perpetrators are at least 10 years younger.
Addressing criticism that he slow-played or “sandbagged” the case, Flynn said prosecutors made a thorough presentation to the grand jury but, citing secrecy rules, said he couldn’t discuss what witnesses were called or what evidence was presented. The grand jury heard the case on a delayed basis because of coronavirus-related court closures, he said.
Flynn said throughout the investigation, video of the shove remained the primary evidence.
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This article is incorrect. It says the police killed George Floyd.
The scumbag OD’d on fentanyl that he was probably trying to hide from cops after attempting to use counterfeit money.
The “victim” is a well know agitator and just earlier he was trying to whip up a crowd to attack the cops and start rioting. he was looking for a fight, and he found one.
But, unfortunately, it appears that the jerk won’t face any sort of charges for inciting a riot.
Will the “victim” now be charged with “insurrection”?
Martin Gugino is no "activist".
He is a trained and paid Leftist Democrat Agitator and Secure Communications Hacker.
When he was apprehended and arrested by Police he was in the act of Cloning and Hacking Police Secure Radios by physically passing an Illegal Radio Cloning device over body worn Police Radio Microphones and Radio Units.
The Illegal device was recovered from Gugino during his arrest.
Gugino is a paid Radical Leftist Democrat Spy.
+1
A “professional agitator”.
Finally had some sense knocked into him.
The whole fall and injury was faked.
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