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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

Buffalo police officers cleared of charges for pushing 75-year-old man to the ground in George Floyd protests

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Two officers from the Buffalo Police Department who pushed a 75-year-old man to the ground during racial injustice protests over the murder of George Floyd have been cleared of any wrongdoing.

Martin Gugino suffered a skull fracture when he was shoved into the pavement in June 2020 while participating in one of the Black Lives Matter protests that rocked the US in the wake of the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis by a white police officer, who knelt on the man's neck for nine minutes.

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