The initial report from Buffalo police was that a 75-year-old man was bleeding from the head because he "tripped and fell" while someone else was being arrested for disorderly conduct.
He tripped like #GeorgeFloyd choked.— Rocco Narva (@RoccoNarva) June 5, 2020
Video shows an older man being shoved by Buffalo police officers Thursday night; the video also shows him bleeding and motionless on the sidewalk. https://t.co/h80U1pXC2i— NBC News (@NBCNews) June 5, 2020
Disturbing video of the incident offers a glimpse at how police are responding to peaceful demonstrations. https://t.co/Gf2QNUrOT9— HuffPost (@HuffPost) June 5, 2020
Another angle.For a split second one officer seems to attempt to help but is diverted away from the injured victim and directed to continue the violent attack on peaceful protestors. #BlackLivesMatter #GeorgeFloydProtests #ICantBreathe pic.twitter.com/cdJWSoy56A— Anonymous (@YourAnonCentral) June 5, 2020
SERIOUS WARNING: The "thud" mentioned in the tweet below is extremely disturbing to hear.
Another angle. Listen to the thud. Way to protect and serve, @BPDAlerts. I'm sure that man posed quite a threat to your fucking army.— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) June 5, 2020
Video via photojournalist Anthony Nelsonpic.twitter.com/bDS9kUEfqE
Absolutely horrific. A peaceful elderly man is pushed to the ground by cops, hits head & starts bleeding out of his ear.— Rep. Pramila Jayapal (@RepJayapal) June 5, 2020
This is an autocratic frenzy from law enforcement w/extreme violence in incident after incident against peaceful protestors.
STOP. https://t.co/2OGvbBnfzJ
Now imagine if instead of acting like a monolithic phalanx of stormtroopers treating every US citizen like a hostile foreign enemy they merely walked past this unarmed 75-yr old. You know, like they did after he was unconscious & bleeding on the ground. pic.twitter.com/0JPX3uDYEH— Matthew O'Brien (@MattOB34) June 5, 2020
Cops initially said he "tripped & fell." He's 75. They pushed him to the ground & walked over him as he was bleeding on the ground. 1. If you take cops at their word, you're nuts. They are much more likely to be lying then telling the truth. 2. They're taught to be this barbaric. https://t.co/8fyACRLUun— Cenk Uygur (@cenkuygur) June 5, 2020
Disturbing.— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) June 5, 2020
And, look at 8 seconds in: One officer tried to check on the man bleeding from the head. That seemingly well meaning officer was motioned away by another officer.
Dozens walked by and the one who tried to helped was moved along. https://t.co/abYjUhT7Cz
The Buffalo cop who violently shoved this elderly man, left him on the sidewalk bleeding from his ear: Aaron Torgalski. The Buffalo PD report says the victim "tripped." Internal Affairs at BPD: 716-851-4557. Twitter, do your thing. @NYGovCuomo did u see?pic.twitter.com/HxkslSpNjn— Randi Mayem Singer (@rmayemsinger) June 5, 2020
They suspended the two officers. But notice something else? About 50 other cops not stopping to help the 75 year old bleeding on the ground, they stare and move on. Complete lack of empathy. https://t.co/aYBIg0HBxw— Joaquin Baldwin (@joabaldwin) June 5, 2020
Looks like another person "tripped and fell".This is happening in multiple cities across the country - police striking protesters with batons without an apparent provocation, or in the case of the man in Buffalo, shoving them. https://t.co/gjZqS7Tt7y— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 5, 2020
DON'T LOOK AWAY.— Peter Daou (@peterdaou) June 4, 2020
The cop groped her and when she tried to break away, she was beaten while standing still.
THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO CRUSH DISSENT LIKE A DICTATORSHIPpic.twitter.com/j4Kzei2INx
These are just the images we're seeing that were captured on video. Imagine all the scenes around the country that we're not seeing. Imagine the POC who are being beaten and then have stories made up because there were no cameras... This is why there are protests. #BLM— Nick Mercuro (@nmercuro) June 5, 2020
The amount of police brutality at the anti-police brutality protests is proving a lot of points.— Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) June 4, 2020
#Riot2020 "Serve and Protect" statue with red paint placed on the hands in Salt Lake City Utah. Very powerful message. pic.twitter.com/88w7yFqkgU— Hannah Baltimore (@ImNotAVampire21) May 31, 2020
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