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Originally Posted by John_W
That guy is just like the people who get up everyday and try and think of ways to sue Walmart. What am I going to do today to agitate the police and get myself on television. Even the black mayor of Buffalo called out the guy!!!!!! Kind of makes you look silly now to bring this up!!!
Buffalo, N.Y., Mayor Byron Brown (D) on Friday said he was told that the 75-year-old man who was pushed down by police in a viral video was a “major instigator” and an “agitator.”
“According to what was reported to me, that individual was a key and major instigator,” Brown told WBEN in a radio interview.
In a graphic video shot by a WBFO journalist earlier in the week, Martin Gugino is seen slowly approaching the police until one officer tells him to move and pushes him.
A person can be heard yelling, “He’s bleeding out of his ear!” and calling out for medics. Gugino is then seen lying on his back with blood spilling from his ear.
Brown claimed that the police asked Gugino to leave the premises several times as law enforcement tried to disperse protesters after an 8 p.m. curfew.
"He was trying to spark up the crowd of people,” Brown said. “Those people were there into the darkness. Our concern is when it gets dark, there is a potential for violence. There has been vandalism. There have been fires set. There have been stores broken into and looted. According to what was reported to me, that individual was a key and major instigator of people engaging in those activities."
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The 75 year old man could have been any one of us in the Villages if we found ourselves in a position where we TRUSTED Police to uphold "serve and protect" and THEY got agitated and out of control. He should have been arrested peacefully. That way he could have a Judge or jury decide his fate. Now he probably has brain damage. He probably can NOT now be rehabilitated, which is ALWAYS better for society.
Since he was given NO rights he might as well have been in China or Russia.