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Martin Gugino sues Buffalo police, mayor, city after charges dropped for cops who shoved him
Updated Feb 22, 2021;
Posted Feb 22, 2021
This Twitter video still shows Buffalo protester Martin Gugino, who was shoved by police during a Black Lives Matter rally in June 2020.
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Buffalo protester Martin Gugino is suing the city, its police department, and its mayor after charges were dropped against two cops who shoved him during a Black Lives Matter rally last year.
WKBW reports Gugino, 75, filed a civil lawsuit Monday against the City of Buffalo, Mayor Byron Brown, Police Commissioner Byron Lockwood, Deputy Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia, and Officers Robert McCabe, Aaron Torgalski, and John Losi. The suit accuses the defendants of violating Gugino’s constitutional rights and alleges forcible assault without warning by officers McCabe, Torgalski and Losi.
75-year-old Martin Gugino, the man seen being pushed to the ground during last June's protests in Niagara Square, has filed a lawsuit against the City of Buffalo, Mayor Byron Brown, Police Commissioner Byron Lockwood.
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Police and bounty hunters sued after raiding wrong home
“If bail bondsman are allowed to do what our local police department can not do and that is to enter a house without a warrant…from what I’m being told, it could be any house.”
Recorded on video holding an innocent family at gunpoint and raiding their home without a search warrant, at least two Pennsylvania bounty hunters along with New York police officers have recently been sued by the family for violating their civil rights.
Last month, Jake Reinhardt was asleep with his fiancée and their three-year-old daughter when an unidentified bounty hunter repeatedly banged on his front door while ordering him to open the door before they “kick it in.” Peering through his window, Reinhardt saw two armed men standing next to a couple of Buffalo police officers on his front lawn.
Buffalo Police name badges to return to officers outer garments
Directive from Police Commissioner Byron Lockwood will allow officers to remove names if assigned to cover a protest. Author: WGRZ Staff Updated: 7:18 PM EST January 25, 2021
BUFFALO, N.Y. Buffalo Police are reversing their policy of allowing its officers to wear only a badge number instead of their name on their uniforms and overcoats.
The change was announced during a meeting Monday of the Buffalo Police Oversight Committee and comes at the directive of Police Commissioner Byron Lockwood.
Following a summer of unrest, Mayor Byron Brown said last September officers could just wear a badge number as a way to cut down on attempts by members of the public to inappropriately contact officers.