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U.S-New York police officers suspended for pushing 75-year-old to ground during protests

Two police officers in Buffalo, New York, have been suspended without pay after a video showed them pushing a 75-year-old man to the ground, as protests over the police killing of George Floyd continued into their 10th night, the Guardian reported.

Footage taken by a reporter from a local public radio station and posted online showed the unidentified man approaching a line of officers in riot gear. One officer pushes him with a baton and a second one with his hand. The advancing police line halts when a loud crack is heard as his head hits the pavement, and blood could be seen trickling from the man’s head.

Buffalo’s mayor, Byron Brown, said the man was in a stable but serious condition, with local media reporting he suffered a “laceration and a possible concussion”.

The incident drew widespread condemnation as protesters returned to the streets of several US cities to demonstrate against police brutality.

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