Daniel Prude's family is calling for the officers involved to be charged for his death.
In the video from March, officers can be seen pinning down Daniel Prude until he stopped breathing.Courtesy Elliot Shields
Prude appears in the video to comply with the officers' orders and questions as they placed him in handcuffs. He began to shout and spit at the officers who then placed a spit bag over his head, the video showed.Three officers are then seen pushing Prude into the ground and pinning him while he continues to shout and spit and eventually vomit, according to the video and police report. Prude appears to go lifeless minutes later.
Joe Prude said that his brother was visiting from Chicago and was going through a mental health crisis. The police report said Joe Prude told officers his brother"was using drugs and was suicidal." "We took the investigation seriously since day one," Singletary told reporters."When the incident occurred on March 23 around 3 a.m. on Jefferson Avenue, that morning I ordered a criminal investigation and internal investigation."
Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren called the video"disturbing" and said they are still waiting for Attorney General Letitia James' office to give a report.
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