The arbitrator asserted that Martin Gugino was 'definitely not an innocent bystander.'
of any wrongdoing on Friday related to their actions knocking an elderly peace activist to the ground, causing him a fractured skull and weeks in the hospital, amid protests sparked by the police killing of George Floyd nearly two years ago.toward then-75-year-old Martin Gugino at a June 4, 2020 Black Lives Matter protest outside City Hall.
"Upon review," wrote arbitrator Jeffrey M. Selchick,"there is no evidence to sustain any claim that respondents had any other viable options other than to move Gugino out of the way of their forward movement." "While Gugino might well have believed that he was engaged in some type of civil disobedience or, perhaps, acting out a role in some type of political theater, Gugino was definitely not an innocent bystander but comfortably fell within the definition of 'suspect' under the Use of Force Continuum," he wrote, suggesting blame for Gugino falling was due to the fact that he was holding objects in his hands or"his advanced age.
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