Cuomo said that he spoke on the phone with the man, who 'is thankfully alive' after being knocked to the ground in Buffalo by police officers.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo applauded the suspension of two Buffalo police officers seen on video pushing a 75-year-old man on the ground.The two officers have been suspended without pay, Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown said.
Cuomo told reporters that he spoke on the phone with the man, who "is thankfully alive" after being knocked to the ground in Buffalo by two heavily armored officers.as Martin Gugino, stood alone in front of an approaching line of police officers, video of the incident shows. "You see that video and it disturbs your basic sense of decency and humanity," Cuomo said. "Why? Why? Why was that necessary?"
"I was deeply disturbed by the video, as was Buffalo Police Commissioner Byron Lockwood," who has directed an investigation into the incident, Brown's statement said.
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