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		</div><p>Two police officers in Buffalo, New York State, have been charged with assault after a video showed a 75-year-old protester being shoved during recent demonstrations over the death of George Floyd in Minnesota.</p>
<p>Robert McCabe and Aaron Torgalski have pleaded not guilty to second-degree assault. They were released without bail.</p>
<p>District attorney John Flynn said that the officers “crossed a line”.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Police have to do their jobs but they don’t have the right to abuse, to hurt, to use unnecessary force.</p>
<p>Those that do are going to be held accountable.</p>
<p>No tolerance for delayed justice.</p>
<p>&mdash; Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) <a href="https://twitter.com/NYGovCuomo/status/1269298067968274432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 6, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>The officers had been suspended without pay on Friday after a TV crew captured the confrontation the night before near the end of protests.</p>
<p>The footage shows a man identified as Martin Gugino approaching a line of helmeted officers holding batons as they clear demonstrators from Niagara Square around the time of an 8pm curfew.</p>
<p>Two officers push Mr Gugino backward, and he hits his head on the pavement. Blood spills as officers walk past.</p>
<p>One officer leans down to check on the injured man before another officer urges the colleague to keep walking.</p>
<p>The video of the encounter sparked outrage online as demonstrators take to cities across the country to protest against Mr Floyd’s death.</p>
<p>State governor Andrew Cuomo said: “I think there was criminal liability from what I saw on the video.</p>
<p>“I think what the mayor did and the district attorney did was right, and I applaud them for acting as quickly as they did.</p>
<p>“What we saw was horrendous and disgusting, and I believe, illegal,” he added.</p>
<p>However, dozens of Buffalo police officers who were angered over their fellow officers’ suspensions stepped down from the department’s crowd control unit on Friday.</p>
<p>The resigning officers did not leave their jobs altogether.</p>
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