The strike comes on the heels of the resignations of the entire 57-member Buffalo Police Department Emergency Response Team following the suspensions of two officers who were seen shoving a 75-year-old protester on video, the New York Post reported.
John Evans, president of the Buffalo Police Benevolent Association, said the officers resigned out of “disgust” for the treatment of their peers.
Since scrutiny toward BPD has increased, cases like that of Black police officer Cariol Horne have reemerged in the public consciousness.
As Blavity previously reported, Horne was fired by the department in 2008 after she stopped a white officer from putting a man in a chokehold during an arrest in 2006.
Meanwhile, in Philadelphia, Police Staff Inspector Joseph Bologna was applauded by more than 100 officers Monday after he turned himself in on charges of aggravated assault.
