Stills of Buffalo police charged with assault

Two officers in Buffalo, New York, were charged on Saturday with second-degree assault after a video earlier this week showed them shoving a 75-year-old protester, who smashed his head on the pavement.

Robert McCabe and Aaron Torgalski, who surrendered on Saturday morning, pleaded not guilty to second-degree assault.They were released without bail. Erie County District Attorney John Flynn said McCabe, 32, and Torgalski, 39, “crossed a line” when they shoved the man down hard enough for him to fall backward and hit his head on the sidewalk.

The officers had been suspended without pay on Friday after a TV crew captured the confrontation the night before.If convicted of the felony assault charge, they face up to seven years in prison.

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