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Police suspended after elderly man is shoved

Credit: KTNV Channel 13 Las Vegas
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Police suspended after elderly man is shoved
Police suspended after elderly man is shoved

Two Buffalo police officers have been suspended without pay after they were seen on video pushing a protester.

As police enforced the 8 p.m.

Curfew, a 75-yeear-old man approached them - where at least one officer pushed him, causing him to fall and hit the ground hard.

A PROTESTER.WE WANT TO WARN YOU...THE VIDEO IS GRAPHIC AND TOUGHTO WATCHAS POLICE ENFORCED THE 8 P-MCURFEW A 75-YEAR-OLD MANAPPROACHES THEM...AT LEAST ONE OFFICER APPEARS TOPUSH THE MAN CAUSING HIM TOSTUMBLE, FALL, AND HIT HISHEAD.THE MAN HAS A SERIOUS HEADINJURY AND IS IN SERIOUSCONDITION RIGHT NOW.BUFFALO POLICE SAID THE MANTRIPPED AND FELL.BUT - ONCE THE ADDITIONAL VIDEOWAS SEEN--AN INVESITGATION WASLAUNCHED.AND THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRYPROTESTS FOR GEORGE FLOYD

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