Daniel Prude died in March 2020 after police officers put a mesh hood over his head and pressed his face into the pavement. Source: New York Times
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Lovely Warren, Troubled Rochester Mayor, to Resign in Plea Deal
By Gotham Rex on October 4, 2021
Ms. Warren will leave office early as part of a plea deal on campaign finance violations. The deal also resolves gun charges against her. Source: New York Times
Officer in Daniel Prude's Death Faces Departmental Charge in Rochester
By Gotham Rex on September 24, 2021
The departmental charges are the first to be filed against any of the seven officers suspended in the case of Mr. Prude, a Black man who died after the police placed a mesh hood over his head and pinned him…
Rochester Officer Faces Discipline in Daniel Prude’s Death
By Gotham Rex on September 24, 2021
The departmental charges are the first to be filed against any of the seven officers suspended in the case of Mr. Prude, a Black man who died after the police placed a mesh hood over his head and pinned him…
How a Secretive Legal Process Protects Police From Charges
By Gotham Rex on May 22, 2021
Grand jury minutes in the investigation into Daniel Prude’s death reveal the many ways the criminal justice system struggles when prosecuting the police. Source: New York Times
Jurors in Daniel Prude Case Voted Overwhelmingly in Favor of Police
By Gotham Rex on April 16, 2021
Mr. Prude’s death last year became part of a fraught national conversation around racism and brutality in policing. Source: New York Times
Furor in Rochester After Police Pepper-Spray Mother With Toddler
By Gotham Rex on March 5, 2021
A woman accused of shoplifting was sprayed with a chemical irritant and knocked to the ground in front of her daughter, the latest altercation between the police and Black residents. Source: New York Times
A Special Unit to Prosecute Police Killings Has No Convictions
By Gotham Rex on February 26, 2021
The case of Daniel Prude’s death is the latest example of the challenges prosecutors face when they try to hold police officers accountable. Source: New York Times
Daniel Prude's Death Leads to No Charges for Police
By Gotham Rex on February 23, 2021
Mr. Prude, a Black man who was having an apparent psychotic episode, died after police officers placed a mesh hood over his head and pinned him to the ground, leading to widespread protests. Source: New York Times
New Footage Emerges of Police Pepper-Spraying of Distraught 9-Year-Old
By Gotham Rex on February 11, 2021
“Please don’t do this to me,” the child said to an officer in Rochester, N.Y. “You did it to yourself, hon,” the officer replied. Source: New York Times
Rochester Police Pepper-Sprayed 9-Year-Old Girl, Footage Shows
By Gotham Rex on January 31, 2021
The incident brought renewed scrutiny to a department whose officers had placed a hood on Daniel Prude, a Black man, before he died from suffocation. Source: New York Times
Daniel Prude Was in ‘Mental Distress.’ Police Treated Him Like a Suspect.
By Gotham Rex on October 9, 2020
Rochester officers followed their training in restraining Mr. Prude, who was incoherent, but did little to calm him down or defuse his anger. Source: New York Times
Trump Attacked Rochester Protesters. Not All Local Republicans Agree.
By Gotham Rex on September 26, 2020
In Western New York, the president’s vilification of Black Lives Matter protests has forced candidates to decide whether to line up behind him. Source: New York Times
What We Know About Daniel Prude, Who Died After Rochester Police Encounter
By Gotham Rex on September 23, 2020
Mr. Prude had a somewhat troubled life in Chicago, with a series of personal tragedies disrupting his attempts at finding meaningful stability. Source: New York Times
Shooting in Rochester Leaves 2 Dead and Over a Dozen Injured
By Gotham Rex on September 19, 2020
The violence was the latest trouble for a city where law enforcement has come under scrutiny over the suffocation death of Daniel Prude, a Black man, in police custody. Source: New York Times