The police chief of Rochester, New York, has submitted paperwork to retire, days after saying he had no intention of resigning amid protests over the death of Daniel Prude in police custody
"As a man of integrity, I will not sit idly by while outside entities attempt to destroy my character," the chief said in a statement Tuesday."The events over the past week are an attempt to destroy my character and integrity."Singletary said he was stepping down after serving the department and community for 20 years"with honor, pride, and the highest integrity." Mayor Lovely Warren said that the chief and his command staff submitted their retirement papers.
" Though Prude died in March, attorneys for his family released police body camera video that shows officers covering his head with a"spit sock" and holding him on the ground in a prone position before he stopped breathing. Prude stopped breathing and was declared brain-dead at a hospital, where he died on March 30.The Monroe County medical examiner ruled his death a homicide, citing complications of asphyxia in the setting of physical restraint.
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