In protests against police brutality, videos capture more alleged police brutality [washingtonpost.com]

Rafael Maravilla(PACEs Connection Staff) 6/8/204:00 AM

By Kimberly Kindy, Shayna Jacobs, and David A. Fahrenthold, The Washington Post, June 5, 2020

Police in riot gear were marching across a mostly empty plaza in Buffalo when two officers shoved a lone 75-year-old man who stood in their way. He fell to the ground and hit his head on the concrete. Officers marched past him as he lay motionless and bleeding from the ear.

The city suspended the two officers after video of the incident spread around the world. Then, on Friday, the Buffalo Police Department’s entire riot-control team — 57 officers — quit the unit.

Not to protest their colleagues’ use of force. To protest the city for suspending them.

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