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Grand Jury Clears Officers Who Assaulted 75-Year Old Protester in Buffalo During BLM Uprising

HeadlineFeb 12, 2021

A grand jury in Buffalo, New York, has cleared two police officers who assaulted a 75-year-old racial justice protester last June. Martin Gugino, a longtime peace activist, suffered a brain injury, a fractured skull, and spent a month in the hospital after being shoved to the ground by police. A video of the incident quickly went viral.

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