Buffalo Probes Police Incident, More NYC Clashes: Protest Update
- Scores of gatherings across U.S. mark death of Minneapolis man
- Cuomo asks state attorney general to probe police baton use
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Video of a confrontation between police and a protester in upstate New York has gone viral, as millions rewatched footage of an elderly man lying on the ground with blood pooling near his head after being shoved backward by an officer. Governor Andrew Cuomo called the incident “wholly unjustified and utterly disgraceful.”
Americans gathered in Minneapolis, New York and elsewhere for memorials honoring George Floyd, the unarmed black man whose death has sparked rolling nationwide protests against police brutality. While mostly peaceful nationwide, clashes erupted again in New York.