NEW YORK - Video of a police officer appearing to shove an elderly protester who falls and cracks his head in Buffalo has drawn widespread condemnation.Video from WFBO showed a Buffalo police officer appearing to push the 75-year-old man who walked up to police clearing Niagara Square around the 8 p.m.
curfew Thursday. The man falls straight backward and hits his head on the pavement, with blood leaking out as officers walk past.The video quickly went viral on social media, spurring outrage.
Buffalo police initially said in a statement that a person “was injured when he tripped & fell,” WIVB-TV reported, but Capt.
Jeff Rinaldo later told the TV station that an internal affairs investigation was opened. The police commissioner subsequently.