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Buffalo officers who pushed 75-year-old activist to ground cleared of wrongdoing
cleared of wrongdoing for shoving a 75-year-old man to the ground during a June 2020 protest.Footage showed officers Aaron Torgalski and Robert McCabe shoving 75-year-old activist Martin Gugino to the ground as they were clearing out space in front of the local city hall. The clip soon spread across the nation amid George Floyd protests as an apparent example of police abusing use-of-force.Torgalski and McCabe were suspended and charged with second-degree assault at the time, charges that were dropped following a grand jury inquiry.