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Grand Jury dismiss charge against Buffalo police that shoved 75 year old man on video

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purplemonkey111

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/g...f-elderly-protester/ar-BB1dCbu2?ocid=msedgntp

A grand jury dismissed the case against two Buffalo, New York, police officers who were charged last year after video showed an elderly protester being shoved to the ground during a demonstration.
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Officers Robert McCabe and Aaron Torgalski had been charged with felony second-degree assault after the June 4 protest, which was one of many across the country sparked by the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis about a week earlier.
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Video appeared to show the protester, longtime social justice activist Martin Gugino, who was 75 at the time, being shoved by officers and falling backwards. A pool of blood was then seen by his head. Gugino's lawyer said he suffered a fractured skull and he was hospitalized until the end of the June.
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So...is the system working as intended? Something thimething not all cops? a few bad apples?
 
Jarmel

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It was not clear why the jurors voted to no-bill, or dismiss, the case.

Flynn said that grand jury proceedings are secret, and he could not comment on things like discussions or if any questions were asked.

Flynn did say that the video was and remains the main piece of evidence.

"This was not the JFK assassination, OK? This was not that complex of a case," Flynn said. "The video that was taken speaks for itself."
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And yet the grand jury dismissed the case. hmmmm
 
Daphne

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Well, this is complete bullshit. You have to wonder who the bunch of yahoos were who formed the Jury. I blame the prosecutor too though; everyone knows these Grand Juries follow their directions pretty much.
 
Malleymal

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Just let the pressure die down and let them off. A few message boards will get upset, but everything will be fine.
 
EdibleKnife

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This shit has got to stop.
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Yep. It says a lot that I'm almost certain this would be the same outcome if the old man actually died from that push. All shit like this does is reinforce the further corruption of law enforcement by signaling to officers in the force & the people out there looking for power & the ability to abuse it that police is the job for them.
 
BossAttack

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In other words, the prosecutor didn't even try and likely defended the cops to the grand jury.
 
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