The sight and the sound of a 75-year-old protester’s head hitting the pavement after being shoved by Buffalo police officers has ignited a social-media firestorm. Video of the incident, which happened in Niagara Square shortly after Buffalo’s 8 p.m. curfew went into effect Thursday, was posted to Twitter at 9:13 p.m. by radio station WBFO-FM. Almost immediately, there was reaction — and not just from major news organizations.“I’m not sure why we would need to sign a petition to make this happen but it just did,” tweeted comedian Jim Gaffigan, who then asked people to sign a change.org petition demanding that one of the officers be fired; both have been suspended without pay, and neither has been criminally charged or officially identified. So far, the petition has gotten more than 207,0000 signatures.'Utterly disgraceful': New York police officers suspended after viral video shows them shoving 75-year-old man to ground. Tweeted actor Seth Rogan: "Again, if they’re doing this to old white men ON camera, imagine what the (expletive) is happening off camera."Other celebrities and people with large social-media followings — including Kelly Clarkson, Janelle Monae, Ice-T, Jemele Hill and Greta Thunberg — also have weighed in:

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Buffalo police push 75-year-old man Social media reaction fierce: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3N1MR9ChrM