Partial police video has been released by family of a Black man who is seen being restrained by Rochester police on March 23, with handcuffs and a spit hood, and his head forced into the asphalt before going limp. The man, Daniel Prude, died 7 days later.
An officer approached from behind him and placed a spit hood on his head, the video shows. After Daniel Prude said repeatedly,"Give me the gun," officers pushed him back down face down on the ground and pushed his head into the asphalt, with one officer's knee on his back, the video shows.Police joked with arriving paramedics, and one officer said:"It's crazy. He's been out naked for 30 minutes.
Paramedics went into action, administering CPR, the video shows. At that point, an officer said,"I'm going to get some more hand sanitizer."that generally describes suspects who are on drugs and out of control.The organization Free the People Roc, whose members appeared with Joe Prude at Wednesday's news conference, also"I placed a phone call for my brother to get help, not for my brother to get lynched," Joe Prude said at the news conference.
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