FILE - In this Sept. 3, 2020, file photo, Joe Prude, brother of Daniel Prude, right, and his son Armin, stand with a picture of Daniel Prude in Rochester, N.Y. Daniel Prude, 41, suffocated after police in Rochester put a "spit hood" over his head while he was being taken into custody. He died March 30, after he was taken off life support, seven days after the encounter with police. The independent investigator leading a probe of the city's handling of Prude's death says the ex-police chief is refusing to cooperate. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffre, File)
Rochester Daniel Prude
NEW YORK (AP) – 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. New York Attorney General Letitia James announced the decision Tuesday.
Attorney General Letitia James announces that no Rochester Police Officers will be indicted in connection to the death of Daniel Prude. @SPECNewsROC pic.twitter.com/5R04690UGB
— Wendy Wright (@WendyWrightTV) February 23, 2021
The 41-year-old Black man’s death last March sparked nightly protests in Rochester, New York, after the video was released nearly six months later. The video shows Prude handcuffed and naked with a spit hood over his head as an officer pushes his face against the ground.
Lawyers for the seven officers suspended over Prude’s death have said they were strictly following training.
The county medical examiner listed the manner of death as a homicide.
