.jpg) Rochester police officers placing a spit hood over Prude's head. | |
| Date | March 23, 2020 (incident) March 30, 2020 (Prude declared dead) |
|---|---|
| Time | 3:16 – 3:27 a.m. EDT |
| Location | Rochester, New York, U.S. |
| Cause | Complications of asphyxia |
| Filmed by | Officer Mark Vaughn's body cam |
| Participants | Daniel Prude (deceased) Rochester Police Department officers |
| Outcome | Prude declared brain dead, taken off life support. |
On March 23, 2020, Daniel Prude, a 41-year-old African-American man, died after being physically restrained by Rochester, New York police officers. Prude had been suffering from a mental health episode after ingesting PCP and left his brother's house in a disturbed and naked state. His brother called the police, which then led to the encounter with law enforcement in the street outside of his brother's house.[1] The officers put a spit hood over his head after he began spitting. They restrained him face-down on the street for two minutes and fifteen seconds, and he stopped breathing. Prude received CPR on the scene and later died of complications from asphyxia after being taken off life support.
The autopsy report ruled Prude's death a homicide and also included the contributing factors to his death as "excited delirium and acute intoxication by phencyclidine, or PCP". The death first received attention in September 2020 when the police body camera video and written reports were released along with the autopsy report. Following the report's release, protesters demonstrated outside the Rochester police headquarters and many considered the death to be related to Prude's race. The demonstrations were connected to the Black Lives Matter movement and the string of racial justice events of 2020.
On February 23, 2021, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced that the empaneled grand jury declined to charge the seven officers involved in Prude's death.[2] The same day, the US Attorney's office for the Western District of New York announced they will review the AG report and other evidence, and rule whether a federal response is warranted.
- ^ https://www.rochesterfirst.com/daniel-prude/daniel-prude-timeline-from-march-encounter-with-police-to-current-protests-in-rochester-police-excessive-force-new-york-black-man-chicago-jefferson-avenue-president-trump-mayo-lovely-warren-andrew-cu/ [bare URL]
- ^ Brean, Berkeley (February 23, 2021). "Rochester Police officers involved in Daniel Prude case will not face criminal charges". WHEC News10NBC. Archived from the original on May 21, 2021. Retrieved February 23, 2021.