With skies lacking light pollution and most nights free, New Yorkers reported nearly twice as many mysterious sightings last year. Source: New York Times
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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
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
Proud Boys Charged With Conspiracy in Capitol Riot
By Gotham Rex on January 29, 2021
The conspiracy charges were the first to emerge against members of the extremist group in connection with the assault on Congress. Source: New York Times
3 Die in National Guard Helicopter Crash Near Rochester
By Gotham Rex on January 20, 2021
The helicopter, which was on a routine training mission, crashed in a field. The cause of the accident is under investigation. Source: New York Times
Rochester Mayor Is Indicted, Throwing City Into Further Turmoil
By Gotham Rex on October 2, 2020
Mayor Lovely Warren was charged with two campaign finance violations, adding to the city’s political chaos in the aftermath of Daniel Prude’s death. 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
Documents Reveal How the Police Kept Daniel Prude’s Death Quiet
By Gotham Rex on September 15, 2020
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
36 Years Later, Police Arrest Suspect in Rape and Killing of a 14-Year-Old
By Gotham Rex on September 11, 2020
Using DNA evidence, the authorities in Rochester, N.Y., said that they had charged Timothy L. Williams of Melbourne, Fla., with murdering Wendy Jerome on Thanksgiving Day in 1984. 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