Officials in Rochester, N.Y., spent months trying to suppress video footage of the police encounter that led to Mr. Prude’s death. Source: New York Times
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Rochester Mayor Abruptly Fires Police Chief Over Daniel Prude’s Death
By Gotham Rex on September 14, 2020
The mayor removed the police chief two weeks before his retirement date, and said the city had not taken Mr. Prude’s death seriously. Source: New York Times
Federal Prosecutors Intervene to Charge 2 Over Rochester Protests
By Gotham Rex on September 9, 2020
The men are accused of civil disorder, in the latest move by the federal authorities to target those they say are bent on causing violence. Source: New York Times
Rochester Police Chief Resigns After Accusations of Cover-Up in Prude Case
By Gotham Rex on September 8, 2020
Rochester’s mayor said the police chief and the entire police command were stepping down, days after the state attorney general said a grand jury would look into the death of Daniel Prude. Source: New York Times
Daniel Prude Case: Grand Jury Will Be Set Up in Rochester Death
By Gotham Rex on September 5, 2020
The decision by New York’s attorney general comes more than five months after Daniel Prude died of suffocation after officers in Rochester, N.Y., placed a hood over his head. Source: New York Times
Daniel Prude’s Death: Police Silence and Accusations of a Cover-Up
By Gotham Rex on September 4, 2020
The police in Rochester, N.Y., treated the death of Mr. Prude as a drug overdose. The case drew scrutiny when footage showed that he had been pinned down and hooded by officers. Source: New York Times
Black Man Died of Suffocation After Officers Put Hood on Him
By Gotham Rex on September 3, 2020
Relatives of the man, Daniel Prude, said the police officers involved in his death in March in Rochester, N.Y., should be charged with murder. Source: New York Times
7 Officers Suspended as a Black Man’s Suffocation Roils Rochester
By Gotham Rex on September 3, 2020
The man, Daniel Prude, who suffered from mental illness, died in March after police officers placed a mesh hood over his head. Source: New York Times
The 'Spit Hood' in Daniel Prude's Death. Why Do Police Use Them?
By Gotham Rex on September 3, 2020
Daniel Prude died in Rochester after officers covered his head with a hood. The devices are widely used, but the N.Y.P.D. does not give them to patrol officers. Source: New York Times