Buffalo protester shoved by police released from hospital after nearly 4 weeks

This June 4, 2020, file image from video provided by WBFO, a Buffalo police officer appears to shove a man who walked up to police in Buffalo, N.Y.
(Image credit: Mike Desmond/WBFO via AP)

Martin Gugino, the 75-year-old protester who was injured by police officers during a demonstration against police brutality in Buffalo, New York, earlier this month, has been released from the hospital nearly four weeks later.

As a result of the shove, Gugino fell and fractured his skull and was unable to walk at one point during his hospitalization, but he is now able to do so "with a little help," his attorney, Kelly Zarcone, said.

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Tim O'Donnell

Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.