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Aaron Torgalski, 39, and Robert McCabe, 32, pleaded not guilty in Buffalo, New York.
On Thursday, they were seen pushing Martin Gugino, who fell in reverse on the pavement and began bleeding.
The two officers were imposing a curfew in the city as an outcome of protests since the death of George Floyd in authorities custody in Minneapolis last month.
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Aaron Torgalski (left) and Robert McCabe have been supported by their coworkers.
Aaron Torgalski and Robert McCabe, members of the Emergency Reaction Group, were suspended without pay after video of the event outside the Town hall went viral.
Fifty-seven of their associates – the entire unit – later resigned from the
