Graphic video: Protester filmed bleeding out of his ears after being shoved by police and falling to the pavement. Authorities said the 75-year-old man 'tripped and fell.'

• Graphic video captured by the NPR affiliate WBFO shows two police officers shoving a protester in Buffalo, New York, to the ground.
• In the video, the man can be seen approaching a group of officers in riot gear before two officers push the man backward — the man loses his balance, falls to the pavement, and quickly starts bleeding out of his right ear.
• A Buffalo Police Department representative initially said in a statement that a person was "injured when he tripped and fell."
• Mayor Byron Brown of Buffalo said in a statement that the police "knocked down" the 75-year-old protester, who is in stable but serious condition.
• "I was deeply disturbed by the video, as was Buffalo Police Commissioner Byron Lockwood," Brown said. "He directed an immediate investigation into the matter, and the two officers have been suspended without pay."
• Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York called the incident "wholly unjustified and utterly disgraceful."

Graphic video captured by the NPR affiliate WBFO shows a protester in Buffalo, New York, bleeding out of at least one ear after being shoved to the ground by police officers. The man was injured during protests against police brutality.

Two officers have since been suspended without pay.

WBFO said in a tweet that the incident took place at about 8 p.m. local time.

In the video, the man can be seen approaching a group of officers in riot gear. As the man approaches, two officers can be seen pushing the man backward. One officer is seen using his baton to force the man backward, while another officer can be seen shoving the man's chest.

The man falls backward several steps before going to the ground and hitting his head. Almost immediately, blood can be seen trickling out of the man's right ear as he remains nearly motionless. "He's bleeding out of his ears," people in the crowd can be heard saying.

The camera briefly pans away to a man with a Black Lives Matter sign being swarmed by officers and detained.

An initial statement from a Buffalo Police Department representative said that five people were arrested after the day's protests in Niagara Square. The police said that during a "skirmish" with other protesters, a person was "injured when he tripped and fell."

The department did not immediately respond to Insider's request for more details about the incident.

Mayor Byron Brown of Buffalo said in a statement that the police "knocked down" the 75-year-old protester, who was in stable but serious condition.

"I was deeply disturbed by the video, as was Buffalo Police Commissioner Byron Lockwood," Brown said. "He directed an immediate investigation into the matter, and the two officers have been suspended without pay."

Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz said in a tweet that the protester "appears to have been shoved by police, fell backward and suffered a serious head injury."

"It sickens me," he said, adding that the man was in stable condition at the Erie County Medical Center in Buffalo.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo tweeted that the incident was "wholly unjustified and utterly disgraceful."

"Police Officers must enforce — NOT ABUSE — the law," he said.

The full video of the incident can be seen below (Viewer discretion):

Protests have broken out across the US in response to the May 25 death of George Floyd.

Floyd, a black man, was killed following an arrest in which a police officer knelt on his neck for several minutes. During the incident, which was recorded on video, Floyd can be heard telling the officers that he couldn't breathe.

Dozens of cities, including Buffalo, have imposed curfews in response to protests.