The entire 57-member emergency response team of the Buffalo Police Department has resigned after two members of the unit were suspended for pushing a 75-year-old to the ground during the George Floyd protests.

The resignations were confirmed by the police union and two law enforcement that spoke to The Buffalo News.

Two members of the tactical unit, which responds to riots and crowd control, were suspended without pay on Thursday after video emerged of the confrontation during the emergency curfew.

The development that the members resigned “out of support for the suspended officers, as well as the disgust with the admin”, was first reported by Spectrum News.


Buffalo Police Benevolent Association President John Evans said the officers were “simply doing their job” and the man “slipped” during the interaction, which was aired by local news WBFO on Thursday night.

“Our position is these officers were simply following orders from Deputy Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia to clear the square,” Mr Evans told The Buffalo News.

“It doesn’t specify clear the square of men, 50 and under or 15 to 40. They were simply doing their job. I don’t know how much contact was made. He did slip in my estimation. He fell backwards.”

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/buffalo-police-department-old-man-push-protests-video-a9551941.html?amp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYTOFL4Y61s

I guess they have gotten a job at a filling station. Make them continue. Hunger go give them sense soon.

They should employ new people with sense.

Rubbish

The truth is that it can only happen there, cause accountability is their watchword....

can Nigerian SARS learn from this??

#EndSARS

Are these ones smart even?
What will they do when their suspended former colleagues are re-instated

The an entire police station will resign in Nigeria that day, i will be the most happiest man on earth

Ewedu nd Amala Police could had shot him Dead, de old man should tank God he is an American,
Dis Cannot happen in Nigeria

Fvck them. The more they resign, the more I'm happier. If they can't do their jobs properly, they should quit. The only reason why they wanna quit is because they wouldn't be able to carry out more brutality.

If you ask that Floyd killer, modafvckr will say he was only doing his job. White fvcking
supremacist! If the whole of US police department want to quit, please do.

Who cares?

Na deir gbese be that one

hmmm

phelonrays:
The truth is that it can only happen there, cause accountability is their watchword....

can Nigerian SARS learn from this??

#EndSARS

And that accountability made the rest resigned as well? George Floyd murder generated noise because it was recorded. The story would have been the same if it happened in Nigeria with camera recording it.

Why is no one talking about the black officer killed by the Mob/Rioters

He is probably subhuman or maybe he doesn't have families he caters for and that cares for him.