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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Wed Jun 10, 2020, 02:28 PM Jun 2020

Amherst man pushed by police responds after Trump tweet: 'Black Lives Matter'

President Donald Trump put forth an unsubstantiated conspiracy theory Tuesday that Martin Gugino, a 75-year-old Amherst, N.Y., man injured in an incident with Buffalo Police last week, could be an “antifa provocateur.”

"75 year old Martin Gugino was pushed away after appearing to scan police communications in order to black out the equipment," Trump said in a morning tweet that provided little clarification.

Citing a report on conservative news network OANN, Trump said: "I watched, he fell harder than was pushed. Was aiming scanner. Could be a set up?" He also said Gugino "could be" an anarchist "provocateur," but provided no evidence for that assertion.

On Tuesday morning, Gugino declined comment in a text to the USA TODAY Network New York, saying only, "No comment other than Black lives matter. Just out of the ICU. Should recover eventually. Thx.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/amherst-man-pushed-by-police-responds-after-trump-tweet-black-lives-matter/ar-BB15fNBA?li=BBnb7Kz

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