( Reuters) – All 57 members of a police tactical unit in Buffalo have actually resigned from that team to object the suspension of two associates who were filmed shoving a 75- year-old man to the ground, officials of the northern New York city stated on Friday.
2 members of the Buffalo Authorities Department’s Emergency Response Team were suspended on Thursday and are being investigated after a regional radio station launched video of the event including the protester, Martin Gugino.
The video, which has actually been viewed more than 70 million times, reveals the white-haired Gugino approaching a line of officers in riot equipment. One officer presses him with a baton and a 2nd one with his hand. He falls, a crack is heard and blood trickles from his head, as officers stroll by his still body.
Regional media quoted Buffalo Cops Benevolent Association President John Evans as saying the officers were doing their task, and that their colleagues on the response team had resigned from the special system to object their treatment. The 57 r