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BUFFALO POLICE DEPARTMENT 57 OFFICERS RESIGN ... Supporting Cops Who Shoved Man
tmz ^ | 6/5/2020 | tmz

Posted on 06/05/2020 1:08:59 PM PDT by RummyChick

the entire Emergency Response Team at the Buffalo Police Department has resigned in a show of solidarity for the cops suspended for shoving an elderly man to the ground.

A total of about 57 officers walked off the job Friday, though they are still employed with the police department -- just no longer on the ERT ... according to WIVB reporter Dave Greber.

The move comes less than 24 hours after video surfaced showing cops in heavy gear shoving 75-year-old Martin Gugino even though he was NOT being physically confrontational. A rep for Buffalo PD allegedly told a lcoal reporter the man was injured when he "tripped and fell," but the video shows that's clearly not the case.

Gugino started bleeding from his head and lay motionless immediately after his head hit the pavement.

The Buffalo Police Commissioner took swift action in announcing the 2 officers involved were suspended without pay. The Mayor of Buffalo said he was deeply disturbed over the incident, adding the elderly man is in serious but stable condition.

(Excerpt) Read more at tmz.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: buffalo; cops; donutwatch; ert; gugino; lcoal; riots
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To: RummyChick

BTW, another case where black people are fighting about legitimate mistreatment by cops, and white people want to make it all about them.

White people are more outraged by this guy getting attacked, then they are about Dorn being shot dead.


61 posted on 06/05/2020 1:28:43 PM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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To: RummyChick

If you walk up to a crowd-control officer and start reaching towards his gun belt, unfortunate things will happen.


62 posted on 06/05/2020 1:29:01 PM PDT by dangus
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To: jersey117

Greetings, neighbor!

I can tell you, I’m so glad I’m down here, where the biggest hardship I’ve faced this year has my barber not opening yet.

All quiet along the Caloosahatchee.


63 posted on 06/05/2020 1:29:33 PM PDT by Nothingburger
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To: Savage Rider

“That old dude was ABSOLUTELY being confrontational. He touched two officers with his phone as he stood in their line of march.”

It was obvious in the video the he touched the cops which is a huge no no and I believe a felony (not sure about that and it may depend on the State)


64 posted on 06/05/2020 1:29:40 PM PDT by billyboy15
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To: Delta 21

75 year old men should know better than attending protests with a high probability of violence happening. Hard to believe somebody that stupid got to be 75 years old.


65 posted on 06/05/2020 1:29:57 PM PDT by jospehm20
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To: JoSixChip

This is the way to do it!


66 posted on 06/05/2020 1:31:09 PM PDT by LoveMyFreedom
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To: ealgeone

Didn’t “shove him down”

False narrative.

He was aggressive in their faces as they moved forward. He was pushed away, took a few steps back and tripped.


67 posted on 06/05/2020 1:31:27 PM PDT by SheepWhisperer (My enemy saw me on my knees, head bowed and thought they had won until I rose up and said Amen!)
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To: Bonemaker

She’s also begging the retailers that have been burned out not to leave Chicago.

I almost envy those that can live logic-free like that.

“. . . and I take away reason and accountability.”


68 posted on 06/05/2020 1:31:36 PM PDT by RinaseaofDs
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To: RummyChick

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

At age 75 he should have known better than to walk up to riot police - confrontational or not.

When he got too close they pushed him away.

He then fell, tripped or not- he shouldn’t have approached them. How do they know he’s not carrying a weapon or bomb?

They would have searched him at an airport


69 posted on 06/05/2020 1:32:38 PM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself.)
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To: ealgeone
IMHO they should have just taken his aside and told him to go home.

Really?....LOL!

There's a BLM march scheduled a half mile from me tomorrow afternoon, you think for one second I'm going to even be down there as an observer?

FWIW, the video doesn't show excessive force. Yes, they guy was pushed backwards but it was apparent his feet couldn't keep up with his momentum.........He shouldn't have been there.

70 posted on 06/05/2020 1:32:44 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco
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To: SheepWhisperer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9o12MMyNZx0


71 posted on 06/05/2020 1:33:15 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: norcal joe; RummyChick

“Very misleading headline.”

How so?


72 posted on 06/05/2020 1:33:34 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: ealgeone

What’s the man poking at in the video?


73 posted on 06/05/2020 1:34:31 PM PDT by pnz1 ("These people have gone stone-cold crazy")
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To: pnz1
Don't know.
74 posted on 06/05/2020 1:37:12 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: Sarah Barracuda
Heck we are thinking about moving to Florida..California is a lost cause, see the Governor on TV pandering to LOOTERS

All these people moving out of shitholes to FL,GA,TX have already made those state purple.

They are like locusts.

Trump family included. except president(maybe) all his family has basically NY values - taking with them to FL

In my family my cousines moved from CA to TX because of high crime and cost of living. However they never stopped voting for Rats

75 posted on 06/05/2020 1:37:16 PM PDT by va22030
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To: Hot Tabasco
He shouldn't have been there.

Why??

76 posted on 06/05/2020 1:38:04 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: lizma2
How is the old dude doing? I assume well or we’d be hearing about it.

Serious but stable condition.

77 posted on 06/05/2020 1:38:04 PM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: RummyChick
He looks like he is being physically confrontational to me.

He is directly blocking their advance. He comes up to them. He stretches his hands to touch two officers.

78 posted on 06/05/2020 1:38:33 PM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: Bonemaker
The filthy little monster dyke mayor of Chicago is demanding the firing of a cop who gave the bird to the rioters. She (?) who the day before said “F... Y..” to Trump on TV.

The police are civil servants. She, on the other hand, is a Civil Master

79 posted on 06/05/2020 1:39:11 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (In 2016 Obama ended America's 220 year tradition of peaceful transfer of power after an election.)
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To: Savage Rider

The old dude looks like he was a foot taller than the cops, I play senior softball and not all old men are doddering! I know some real sluggers .


80 posted on 06/05/2020 1:39:48 PM PDT by Striperman (Striperman)
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