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Two Buffalo police officers who shoved an elderly man to the ground during a protest Thursday night, putting him in serious condition, have been suspended immediately without pay, police commissioner Byron Lockwood announced Friday. As an anti-racism protest ended in Niagara Square in front of Buffalo City Hall just before the city’s curfew started Thursday …

A New York judge has ruled that looters and peaceful protesters who violate curfew may be detained by police for more than 24 hours even if they are not arraigned before a court, citing the coronavirus pandemic and current civil unrest in New York City. New York law typically requires that arrested suspects be released …

Over-the-top fashion designer Philipp Plein — who’s been in a legal battle with Ferrari — is proposing the luxury auto brand drops its dispute against him and he’ll instead donate a settlement to Black Lives Matter. Page Six reported last year that Ferrari fired off a legal letter to Plein — known for his garish …

Blac Chyna is calling out NBC for alleged racism just one day after Gabrielle Union filed a discrimination complaint against the network. Chyna, 32, sued the entire Kardashian family in October 2017, claiming they interfered with her show “Rob & Chyna” and caused producers and the network to cancel it — which she says caused …

You ask, we answer. The Post is fielding questions from readers about New York’s biggest pro sports teams and getting our beat writers to answer them in a series of regularly published mailbags. In today’s installment: the Giants. What if George Young picks Reggie White in the (1984) supplemental draft instead of Gary Zimmerman? — …

Senator Chuck Grassley (R., Iowa) said Thursday that he would block the confirmation of two Trump appointees over unanswered questions about the administration’s firing of two inspectors general, on the grounds that the White House has failed its legal requirement “to provide clear reasons” for the removals. Grassley said his refusal to advance the nominations …

Attorney General William Barr on Thursday defended his order to force back protesters ahead of President Trump’s Monday photo op at St. John’s Church, saying the group was “becoming increasingly unruly” and was asked to move several times. “We asked three times,” for protesters in Lafayette Park, Washington, D.C. to move back one block, Barr said at a press …

The white man who shot and killed Ahmaud Arbery allegedly called the young black man a racial slur after shooting him, according to a Georgia special prosecutor who said another suspect in the case heard the shooter say the racist epithet. Travis McMichael, 34, allegedly called Arbery a “f***ing n*****” after shooting the 25-year-old in the chest, causing him …

An NYPD officer was stabbed on Wednesday night in an attack in Brooklyn, and two more officers were shot in the ensuing struggle with the suspect, the New York Post reported. The attack did not take place near the areas in the borough where George Floyd demonstrations were held. At around 11:45 p.m., the suspect walked …

Michelle Ochs — who exited her hip fashion brand Cushnie et Ochs in 2018 — filed suit Tuesday in federal court in New York’s Southern District against the renamed Cushnie brand. She claimed the company failed to pay her part of a settlement she’s owed, and breached a “non-disclosure and settlement agreement and a promissory …