Buffalo police shoving incident
On June 4, 2020, amid the George Floyd protests in New York state, police officers from the Buffalo Police Department pushed 75-year-old Martin Gugino during a confrontation in Buffalo's Niagara Square, causing him to fall to the ground which left him bleeding from the ear. Gugino was seriously injured, sustaining a brain injury, and was still unable to walk nearly two weeks later. He was hospitalized for nearly four weeks.
WBFO filmed Buffalo police pushing Gugino to the ground. When an officer went to check on Gugino, another officer pulled him away. | |
| Date | June 4, 2020 |
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| Location | Niagara Square, Buffalo, New York |
| Non-fatal injuries | Concussion and skull fracture |
| Arrests | 2 Buffalo police officers charged with felony assault, not convicted |
Two Buffalo police officers were charged with felony assault in connection with the incident; they pleaded not guilty. Governor Andrew Cuomo and Senator Chuck Schumer condemned police conduct in the incident. President Donald Trump spread false and unfounded conspiracy theories about Gugino in his response to the incident on Twitter. On February 11, 2021, Erie County district attorney John Flynn announced that a grand jury had dismissed the charges against the officers.