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Daniel Prude's Family Reaches $12M Settlement With Rochester, N.Y., Over 2020 Death
Rochester officials have agreed to pay $12 million to the children of Daniel Prude, a Black man who died after police held him down until he stopped breathing on a snowy street in the upstate New York city.
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No Charges, But Consequences Still Possible From Prude Death
Newly released grand jury transcripts shed more light on why police officers who restrained Daniel Prude avoided criminal charges in his death.
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State's Own Expert Told Grand Jury Police Didn't Kill Prude
Newly released transcripts show that prosecutors overseeing a grand jury investigation into the death of Daniel Prude last year in Rochester, New York, undercut the case for criminal charges with testimony from a medical expert who said police officers who held Prude to the ground didn’t do anything wrong
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Probe Faults Mayor, Officials for Keeping Prude Death Secret
An investigation into the official response to Daniel Prude’s police suffocation death last year in Rochester, New York, is faulting the city’s mayor and former police chief for keeping critical details of the case secret for months and lying to the public about what they knew
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Wrongful Death Suit Filed on Behalf of Daniel Prude's Kids
Attorneys for the five children of Chicago resident Daniel Prude have announced a federal lawsuit against the city of Rochester, New York, alleging wrongful death and civil rights violations.
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No Charges Against Officers Involved in Daniel Prude's Death
A grand jury voted not to charge officers shown on body camera video holding Daniel Prude down naked and handcuffed on a city street last winter until he stopped breathing
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Ex-Rochester Police Chief Says City's Mayor Told Him to Lie About Daniel Prude's Death
Rochester, New York’s former police chief alleges the city’s mayor pressured him to lie about her handling of the police killing of Daniel Prude, which was kept from the public for six months, and that she fired him because he refused to do so.
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NY Attorney General Introduces New Police Footage Policy on Prude's Birthday
New York State Attorney General Letitia James says police footage related to investigations conducted by her office will be released to the public as soon as possible without the delay or authorization previously left up to local law enforcement involved.
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Police Leaders Pressed Rochester to Keep Prude Video Secret
Newly released emails show Rochester police commanders urged city officials to hold off on publicly releasing body camera footage of Daniel Prude’s suffocation death because they feared violent blowback if the video came out during nationwide protests over the police killing of George Floyd
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Rochester Mayor Removes Chief, Calls for Sweeping Investigations of City's Role in Daniel Prude's Death
Mayor Lovely Warren delivered a brief press conference on Monday where she made major staffing changes within several city departments and called on the U.S. Attorney’s Office to investigate Rochester’s role in the death of Daniel Prude.
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Top Rochester Cops Retire After Protests Following Daniel Prude's Death
The chief and deputy chief of the Rochester, NY Police Department retired abruptly Tuesday after days of demonstrations over the March death of Daniel Prude, who lost consciousness after police held him down with a hood over his head.
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Naked With ‘Spit Hoods' on, Protesters Decry Prude's Death
Protesters demonstrated outside Rochester’s police headquarters naked except for “spit hoods” in reference to the killing of Daniel Prude.
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Mayor Promises Police Reforms Following Daniel Prude's Death
The mayor of Rochester says reforms are coming to the police department as community elders seek to bring calmer minds to a fifth night of demonstrations over the March death of Daniel Prude, who lost consciousness after police held a hood over his head
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NY Attorney General to Form Grand Jury After Prude Death
New York’s attorney general has moved to form a grand jury to investigate the death of Daniel Prude.
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7 Rochester Officers Suspended in Rochester Man's Death
Seven Rochester, New York, police officers have been suspended with pay while authorities investigate their role in the death of 41-year-old Daniel Prude, who died in March after he was restrained by the police while experiencing an apparent mental breakdown. Video released by Prude’s family this week raised questions about what led to his death.
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Rochester Mayor Suspends Officers Involved in Fatal Arrest of Daniel Prude
Seven police officers involved in the suffocation death of Daniel Prude last spring in Rochester, New York, have been suspended by the city’s mayor, who said she was misled for months about the circumstances of the fatal encounter
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Body Cam Video Shows Rochester Police Arrest of Black Man Who Later Died
A Rochester, New York, family is demanding justice after their brother, Daniel Prude, died as he was restrained by police during a mental health call. Footage released by Rochester police and provided to NBC by Prude’s family showed a part of what happened to Prude on March 30 before he died.
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Car Drives Through Crowd in NYC as Protests Erupt Over Death of Black Man Put in ‘Spit Hood' by Cops
The man who suffocated after police in New York’s third-largest city put a “spit hood” over his head was the loving father of five adult children, had some mental health issues but was harmless, and had just arrived in Rochester for a visit with his brother, his aunt said. Daniel Prude, 41, known to his big Chicago-based family by the…
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Black Man Died After Being Restrained by Rochester Police
A Black man who had run naked through the streets of a western New York city died after a group of police officers put a hood over his head, then pressed his face into the pavement for two minutes, according to video and records released Wednesday by the man’s family.