Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren fired the police chief, suspended two city officials and has called for federal investigations into the city's handling of Daniel Prude's death in March and the events that followed.
Rochester, N.Y., Mayor Lovely Warren, seen at a Sept. 3 news conference, announced a series of personnel actions and reforms on Monday following a preliminary review of the city's handling of the events following the March arrest and death of Daniel Prude.Rochester, N.Y., Mayor Lovely Warren, seen at a Sept.
At a news conference on Monday, Warren admitted that she and other officials should have been more transparent with the public from the start, and cited"systematic failures" that must be acknowledged and reformed. "I have apologized to the Prude Family and this community for the failures that happened along the way, including my own," Warren said in a statement."As Mayor, I own these failures. And as Mayor, I have an obligation, once identified, to do everything to fix them."
Based on a review of internal emails and other digital records, Smith accused the police department of mishandling Prude's mental hygiene arrest and the events that followed, and raised questions about its reporting of other arrests in which officers used force.
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