@MikeDesmondWBFO pic.twitter.com/JBKQLvzfET— WBFO (@WBFO) June 5, 2020“I was deeply disturbed by the video,” Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown said in a statement. “After days of peaceful protests and several meetings between myself, police leadership and members of the community, tonight’s event is disheartening.”The incident drew widespread condemnation on social media as protesters returned to the streets of several U.S.
cities to demonstrate against police brutality. Floyd died in Minneapolis on May 25 after former police officer Derek Chauvin put his knee on Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes during an arrest.The video in Buffalo shows the majority of the officers march past after the man falls, though the officer who pushed him with a baton.