The man tripped and fell backward with his head hitting the ground. Blood was seen coming from his head while no officer came to tend him immediately, as the video showed.

"Why? Why was that necessary? Where was the threat?" Cuomo questioned. "It's just fundamentally offensive and frightening. How did we get to this place?"

The governor said he had spoken with Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown and they agreed that the officers involved should be immediately suspended, a decision that was announced late on Thursday.

Cuomo said he had also spoken on the phone with the old man, who was in serious condition but is "thankfully alive."

"I believe the district attorney is looking into it from a possible criminal liability point of view, and I applaud the district attorney for moving quickly," the governor added.

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