Buffalo officers Robert McCabe & Aaron Torgalski charged with assault after shoving protestor, 75

Aaron Torgalski (left) & Robert McCabe (right)​

2 Buffalo police officers charged with assault after shoving 75-year-old protester

Two Buffalo police officers were charged with assault Saturday, prosecutors said, after a video showed them shoving a 75-year-old protester in recent demonstrations over the death of George Floyd in Minnesota. Robert McCabe and Aaron Torgalski, who surrendered Saturday morning, pleaded not guilty to second-degree assault. They were released without bail. At a news conference Saturday, District Attorney John Flynn said the officers “crossed a line.” The officers had been suspended without pay Friday after a TV crew captured the confrontation the night before near the end of protests. The footage shows a man identified as Martin Gugino approaching a ...

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