Buffalo officers quit special team after 2 officers suspended for allegedly shoving 75-year-old

[Poiuyt]

Fifty-seven police officers in Buffalo, New York, have resigned from the force's emergency response team following the suspension of two officers who allegedly pushed a 75-year-old man to the ground during a protest, a source close to the situation told CNN.

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Video of the demonstration Thursday shows a row of officers walking toward the man and two pushing him. His head bleeds onto the sidewalk as officers walk past him, some looking down at him.

The officers resigned from the emergency unit but not from the force, according to police.

"Fifty-seven resigned in disgust because of the treatment of two of their members, who were simply executing orders," Buffalo Police Benevolent Association president John Evans told WGRZ on Friday. WKBW also reported news of the resignations.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/05/us/buffalo-police-suspension-shoving-man-trnd/index.html

Simply executing orders? Really? Pushing old men to the ground and then stepping over them is following orders?

[dem4decades]

1. Resign from the force or report to duty.

[CozyMystery]

2. Sociopaths or just cynical asshats? nt

[Newest Reality]

3. Begone Scum!

When you can't tell the cops from the criminals they should resign. "Attack and Persecute" is the new motto. The serve and protect thing is not an appropriate motto.

Gee, a full blown Police State has emerged out of the coverups and police unions.

Reform!!!! Defund the corruption. Refresh. Take away all the military toys and set strict polices with corresponding retraining and funding based on compliance. It's a sad day when we seem to be safer without police "protection".

[aikoaiko]

4. I hope the Buffalo papers publish their names and badge numbers...

...so that community knows where they stand.

[Coventina]

5. FTP & ACAB

[C_U_L8R]

6. If they don't understand the law or respect our citizens, they must be fired.

Enough.

[StarfishSaver]

7. 2 bad cops + 57 "good" cops who stand by them 59 BAD COPS

[Ferrets are Cool]

8. Good fucking riddance.

🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕

[we can do it]

9. There's no allegedly. We all saw it. And they lied about it.

[MiniMe]

19. This

[dustyscamp]

10. One of the officers was kneeling the other day

Link to tweet

?ref_sr
I guess it was a fake pr move

[Iggo]

11. Good. They suck at their job anyway.

[EarthFirst]

12. Fuck that.

Their union refuses to fund lawsuits associated with their jackbooted tactics against the citizens of the City of Buffalo.

They didn’t resign; they quit volunteering for the emergency response unit.

6000% Self preservation. 0% hero.

[Demovictory9]

13. actually, someone did yell out for the man to be pushed.

[BGBD]

14. Protesting...

that they don't have the right to bash in 75 year olds skulls?

You may have been ordered to clear the square, but nobody told you to use excess force against defenseless bystanders.

[yellowcanine]

15. So they were ordered to knock down an old man and then leave him there

bleeding? Yeah right. And Putin's opponents just happen to fall out of windows a lot.

[GeorgeGist]

16. Good Riddance.

[meadowlander]

17. 57 people who were in the wrong line of work in the first place.

How many of them were the cops stepping over him while he was spouting blood from his head?

Fuck them and the toy tank they rode in on.

[SamKnause]

18. Good.

[smirkymonkey]

20. Fucking snowflakes.

Keep whining, you fragile little bitches. Too bad you lost your rights to abuse helpless citizens. I hear the military could use some recruits.