Incident
| Date | Mar 06, 2019 |
| Time | 06:20 AM |
| Department | Buffalo Police Department |
| Officers | Clayton P. Reed , Michael J. Healy , Michael Ross , Ellen M. Taylor , Judith M. Bigelow , Michael D. Long , Patrick E. Morrow , Robert E. Lee |
| Address | Buffalo, NY |
Incident Description
Buffalo Police officers forcibly removed from a vehicle and mercilessly beat Robert Closs, a 78 year old man who was well known to the Buffalo Police Department as a citizen with mental health problems. Closs died approximately three weeks later from blunt force trauma caused by the brutality.
Links
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Schmelzinger v. City of Buffalo (1:22-cv-00186)
Civil case against the city, BPD, and officers - CourtListener | District Court, W.D. New York