{"id":100723,"date":"2020-06-09T13:00:48","date_gmt":"2020-06-09T17:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=100723"},"modified":"2020-06-09T12:06:12","modified_gmt":"2020-06-09T16:06:12","slug":"the-75-year-old-pushed-to-ground-may-be-provocateur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=100723","title":{"rendered":"The 75-Year-Old Pushed to Ground May be Provocateur"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_100736\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-100736\" style=\"width: 282px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-100736\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Martin-Gugino-participating-in-a-2019-demonstration.-Based-on-the-design-of-his-sign-this-may-have-been-taken-in-Buffalo-282x333.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"282\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Martin-Gugino-participating-in-a-2019-demonstration.-Based-on-the-design-of-his-sign-this-may-have-been-taken-in-Buffalo-282x333.png 282w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Martin-Gugino-participating-in-a-2019-demonstration.-Based-on-the-design-of-his-sign-this-may-have-been-taken-in-Buffalo-254x300.png 254w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Martin-Gugino-participating-in-a-2019-demonstration.-Based-on-the-design-of-his-sign-this-may-have-been-taken-in-Buffalo.png 373w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 282px) 100vw, 282px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-100736\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Martin Gugino participating in a 2019 demonstration. (WIVB 4)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I posted a link, in last week&#8217;s WOT, of police pushing a man and causing him to fall. He hit the ground and blood flowed from his head. Based on initial information, it appeared that the police were being too aggressive. However, additional information came out regarding the guy, 75-Year-Old Martin Gugino. Even in the video, the police were telling him to move, but he kept at his course of action.<\/p>\n<p>It turns out that Martin Gugino may be a seasoned protester. He may also be a provocateur, which explains police action in the video.\u00a0 They knew about his history. Hence, those on the emergency response team quitting the team in protest of action taken against the pushers. Even President Trump weighed in.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">From WIVB 4:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Gugino was severely injured by Buffalo police when they shoved him during a protest. In a video, Gugino was seen bleeding from the head after being knocked to the ground outside City Hall.<\/p>\n<p>Attorney Kelly Zarcone says Gugino is &#8220;still hospitalized and his condition remains largely unchanged. He is in serious but stable condition.&#8221; According to Zarcone, Gugino&#8217;s &#8220;brain needs time to rest and recover.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She went on to say &#8220;Martin has acknowledged and sincerely appreciates the tremendous outpouring of support he has received nationwide.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday morning, President Donald Trump gave his opinion on the matter, alleging that Gugino &#8220;could be an ANTIFA provocateur&#8221; and stating &#8220;Could be a set up?&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>WIVB 4 has the story and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wivb.com\/news\/local-news\/buffalo\/trump-claims-75-year-old-buffalo-protester-could-be-an-antifa-provocateur-as-man-remains-hospitalized\/\">link<\/a> to the video showing the man being pushed to the ground.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">What President Trump tweeted:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Buffalo protester shoved by Police 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. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OANN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@OANN<\/a> I watched, he fell harder than was pushed. Was aiming scanner. Could be a set up?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1270333484528214018?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 9, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I posted a link, in last week&#8217;s WOT, of police pushing a man and causing him &hellip; <a title=\"The 75-Year-Old Pushed to Ground May be Provocateur\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=100723\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The 75-Year-Old Pushed to Ground May be Provocateur<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,13],"tags":[545],"class_list":["post-100723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-society","tag-martin-gugino"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=100723"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":100737,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100723\/revisions\/100737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=100723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=100723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=100723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}