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"In the final analysis, the decision not to publicly disclose these facts rested with Mayor Warren, as the elected Mayor of the City of Rochester. But Mayor Warren alone is not responsible for the suppression of the circumstances of the Prude Arrest and M

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Report: Rochester Police, Mayor 'Knowingly Suppressed' Information In Prude Case

10:17pm March 12, 2021

by Vanessa Romo

An independent investigator says some city officials "knowingly suppressed" information and gave false statements about the March death of Daniel Prude, a Black man who was killed by police.

A memorial, pictured in Sept. 2020, commemorated the site where Daniel Prude was arrested in Rochester, N.Y. Prude died of asphyxiation after being restrained by police in March, and his family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit nearly a year later.

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Daniel Prude's Family Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Rochester Police Officers

2:37pm March 09, 2021

by Rachel Treisman

Attorneys representing Nathaniel McFarland, one of Prude's five children and the administrator of his estate, also allege civil rights violations and gross negligence in the lawsuit filed Monday.

Signs calling for "Justice for Daniel Prude" were plastered to the exterior walls of City Hall in Rochester, N.Y., on Sept. 8, the seventh consecutive night of protests following the release of bodycam footage showing the March arrest that preceded his de

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New York Grand Jury Votes Not To Indict Rochester Officers In Daniel Prude Case

8:03pm February 23, 2021

"We concluded that there was sufficient evidence surrounding Mr. Prude's death to warrant presenting the case to a grand jury, and we presented the most comprehensive case possible," officials said.

Former Rochester, N.Y., Police Chief La'Ron Singletary, pictured at a press conference in September, was terminated from the department later that month. He will be deposed by members of the Rochester City Council investigating the death of Daniel Prude i

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WATCH: Former Rochester, N.Y. Police Chief Testifies About Daniel Prude Case

9:42am February 05, 2021

by Brakkton Booker

La'Ron Singletary was fired from Rochester Police Department in September. Prude, a Black man with a history of mental illness, died of asphyxiation after an encounter with officers in March.

A frame from a Rochester Police Department body-camera video shows a girl in handcuffs in the back of a police cruiser.

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Mother of Pepper-Sprayed Girl Says Police Denied Mental Health Help For Daughter

8:42pm February 04, 2021

by Brakkton Booker

"Her understanding is that the officer basically told her 'I can't do that. I can't call anyone else,' " family attorney Lorenzo Napolitano told NPR Thursday.

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Protests In Rochester As Lawmakers Move To Ban Use of Chemical Irritants On Minors

1:57pm February 02, 2021

by Brakkton Booker

Demonstrators gathered near a Rochester police precinct not far from where a 9-year-old girl was pepper-sprayed last week. One officer has been suspended, two others placed on administrative leave.

A frame from a Rochester Police bodycam video showing a girl in handcuffs in the back of a police cruiser.

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Rochester Releases Video Of Police Pepper-Spraying 9-Year-Old Girl

4:14pm February 01, 2021

by Brakkton Booker

The incident renews scrutiny of the city and its police department following the death of Daniel Prude, a Black man who died of asphyxiation after an encounter with police in March.

Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren, shown here at a press conference last month, has been accused of campaign finance violations.

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Rochester Mayor Due In Court To Face Campaign Finance Charges

2:23pm October 05, 2020

by Brakkton Booker

Mayor Lovely Warren was indicted last week on charges of felony campaign finance violations. She has recently faced unrelated calls to resign over her handling of the Daniel Prude case.

Family members Armin Prude (left) and Joe Prude stand with a picture of Daniel Prude in Rochester, N.Y., Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020. While suffering a mental health crisis, Prude, 41, suffocated after police in Rochester put a "spit hood" over his head while

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Rochester Hospital Released Daniel Prude Hours Before Fatal Encounter With Police

2:43pm September 29, 2020

by Brett Dahlberg

Daniel Prude's family knew he was having a psychiatric crisis and needed care. A few hours after his release from Strong Memorial Hospital, an encounter with police proved fatal.

Demonstrators march through the streets of Rochester, N.Y., earlier this month protesting the death of Daniel Prude, apparently stopped breathing as police were restraining him in March.

Mental Health And Police Violence: How Crisis Intervention Teams Are Failing

1:47pm September 18, 2020

by Eric Westervelt

Efforts are growing to remove or reduce the role of police in responding to people in a mental health crisis. Critics and proponents alike say a widely adopted program has too often failed.