Prude died one week after being restrained by officers
The attorney general of New York has stated that a grand jury is going to be formed to investigate Daniel Prude’s death. Prude was an unarmed black male who suffocated after getting restrained by officers of the law.
Prude - who experienced mental health problems – passed away after the police placed him in a "spit hood”, made to protect officers from detainees' saliva.
Protests were held after the incident’s footage inside Rochester emerged.
Seven officers were suspended.
In March, the 41-year-old died; but his death has just now been reported.
According to Letitia James, Attorney General, the Rochester community and the Prude family have been through great anguish and pain. Her office immediately will move to empanel the grand jury as part of her exhaustive investigation into the matter.
This move was welcomed by New York’s Governor Andrew Cuomo and Rochester’s Mayor Lovely Warren. However, a Rochester Police Department spokeswoman declined comments.
According to Joe, Mr. Prude's brother, he is ecstatic about this. However, right now he’s still waiting to see the indictment and the officers being prosecuted to the law’s full extent.
What really happened to Mr. Prude?
Mr. Prude’s brother said that he contacted the police on March 23rd when Daniel was exhibiting acute mental health issues. When the police arrived, he’d been running naked all through the streets.
Within body camera footage that was obtained from the officers by Prude's family, Daniel is seen lying on the cement as the authorities restrain him. As he is sitting on the street, Daniel becomes agitated, alternately asking for a gun or money.
According to the footage, Daniel started to spit on the cement; however, doesn’t seem to offer up any physical resistance. One officer stated that Prude said he had the coronavirus, and they put a spit hood on him.
Another officer is seen pressing down on Prude's head using both hands, repeatedly saying "stop spitting". Prude quits moving then goes quiet, and police note that he feels cold to the touch.
Paramedics are contacted and Prude is taken over to hospital. Prude’s family took him off of life support one week later.
According to the medical examiner, his death was ruled as a homicide that was caused by ‘complications of asphyxia inside the setting of physical restraint’, with a contributing factor being ‘intoxication by the drug PCP.’
According to Mayor Warren the city police chief failed to inform her of this case until the start of last month.
However, La’Ron Singletary, the police chief, denied that his department was attempting to keep details from public view, and Rochester Police Locust Club president, Michael Mazzaeo, stated that the police on the scene followed their training "step-by-step".
The authorities were just disciplined after the video footage got released, 5 months after the death of Prude. City protests have taken place every night since the footage’s release.
Prude's death came 2 months before that of Mr. Floyd, whose killing while in the custody of police sparked widespread outrage then incited international and national demonstrations against racism and police brutality.
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