Buffalo Mayor 'Deeply Disturbed' After Elderly Protester Is Shoved By Police And Smacks His Head On The Pavement

This is so difficult to watch but I urge you to if you can.

An elderly man pushed over by Buffalo PD...he's bleeding.

An officer leans down and is told to move on by another officer.

Then the Buffalo PD tells the media that the man tripped...which is a clear lie

via @WBFO pic.twitter.com/pOfpCHOq3m
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) June 5, 2020

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— Byron W. Brown (@MayorByronBrown) June 5, 2020

This is the statement from the buffalo mayor. I ask everyone to say a prayer that this 75 year old man makes a full recovery. He is in stable but serious condition. I am digusted. Fire them all!!

Niagara square
Bleeding
He's 75
Buffalo
Officer torgalski pic.twitter.com/pscphA23TD
— 🌺Sassy Mama☀️ (@SassyWineMama) June 5, 2020

The physical altercation with protestors is irrelevant. The cops pushed that elderly man who did absolutely nothing. We heard his head crack! Every single cop who watched him lay there must be fired, they are not upholding the oath to protect and serve.
— Lexie Grüber ☮️ (@Lexie_Gruber) June 5, 2020

Hi I'm a psychologist, priming is a thing people do to get you to view what you're about to read in a certain lens. The pic here conveys 100% of the relevant info from the statement. The redacted sentence was used to prime us in favor of the police. Shame on you @MayorByronBrown pic.twitter.com/pGDpewuuie
— Alex Lamparelli (@alexlamparelli) June 5, 2020

Why is it so difficult for us to hold our cops accountable? Is it because it rocks the core of our beliefs that we're really safe? I'm not going to repost the Buffalo video because it's vile but it was SO easy for them to lie in the report. Cell phones have become detectives.
— MAREN MORRIS (@MarenMorris) June 5, 2020

ELDERLY PROTESTER ASSAULT 🛑 CALL FOR ACCOUNTABILITY @NYGovCuomo (518)474-8390 @NewYorkStateAG @MayorByronBrown @BPDAlerts Erie County District Attorney: John J. Flynn: (716) 858-2400 Buffalo Police Commissioner: Byron Lockwood (716)851-4571 pic.twitter.com/ekt35wo5eH
— K A C E Y (@KaceyMusgraves) June 5, 2020

Two Buffalo police officers are suspended for knocking down and seriously injuring a 75-year-old man for no reason. But meanwhile, five protesters at that site were arrested. The people who deserved arrest were those cops https://t.co/s1lRlROvVp
— Nicholas Kristof (@NickKristof) June 5, 2020

The reaction to the guy smashing his head in Buffalo is almost more shocking to me than the shove. The fact that nobody instinctively got down to see if he was ok twists my guts. There's this pause of hesitation and then they just carry on and someone is like "yeah get an EMT."
— neontaster (@neontaster) June 5, 2020

That video from the Buffalo incident's been viewed ~60m+ times on twitter alone, and it might not have been captured had a reporter for a Buffalo area public radio station not been present –– stressing the importance of local journalism. We really need to find ways to fund it.
— austerity is theft (@wideofthepost) June 5, 2020

THREAD:
While I have your attention:

The spokesperson for the Mayor of Buffalo is the same person as the spokesperson for the Buffalo Police Department. The free press has one single person to reach out to for all matters regarding the city and police investigations. (1/3)
— Ashley Rowe (@AshleyroweWKBW) June 5, 2020

We Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown explain there is one spokesperson for the City of Buffalo & police for financial efficiency.

But this issue draws a bigger question after it was initially reported to us as a "skirmish" and a "trip and fall."@WKBW pic.twitter.com/UAGVkPWbWb
— Ed Drantch (@EdDrantch) June 5, 2020

The Buffalo News reports that the 75-year-old man pushed to the ground is a longtime peace activist who has recently supported Kings Bay Plowshares, a group of anti-nuclear activists convicted of entering a nuclear submarine station in Georgia. https://t.co/vs2j6G4x3r
— Dan Zak (@MrDanZak) June 5, 2020

“Last year he wrote a letter to the editor criticizing Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown's reaction to a protest against the detainment of migrant children..'The First Amendment allows people to complain to the government, without fear of arrest..The mayor..should have come down& joined' https://t.co/bhziyKuRPL
— Laura Rozen (@lrozen) June 5, 2020

New update on the 75 year old man injured during last night's BPD incident: he is still in serious but stable condition at the Erie County Medical Center and, as was relayed to me by an ECMC official, he is "alert and oriented." That is better news. Let's hope he fully recovers.
— Mark Poloncarz (@markpoloncarz) June 5, 2020

As someone who spends quite a bit of time in Buffalo this is mortifying. Wishing a speedy recovery to the gentleman and hoping Mayor @MayorByronBrown takes quick and decisive action to ensure this never happens again. https://t.co/kVHWGxGvG0
— Andrew W Gill (@AndrewWGill1) June 5, 2020