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Rochester police charged one of their officers with excessive force and unprofessional conduct over the death of Daniel Prude
Officer Mark Vaughn was charged by his department with unnecessary and excessive force and unprofes…
Jake Epstein
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A New York cop is on desk duty after arresting an EMT who hit his police car with an ambulance door while bringing a patient into a hospital: report
Video of the incident appears to show the investigator pulling the EMT from a patient's side and sl…
Katie Balevic
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Rochester police criticized by accountability board after a Black mom was pepper-sprayed in front of her 3-year-old child
Body camera footage from the woman's arrest on February 22 raised concerns as the latest incident i…
Bre'Anna Grant
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Rochester Police department's entire command staff, including its chief, have resigned over the death of Daniel Prude
Rochester, New York, Mayor Lovely Warren announced that the police department's command staff was r…
Kelly McLaughlin
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The Rochester police officers involved in the death of Daniel Prude won't face charges, NY AG says
Daniel Prude died a week after officers put a "spit hood" over his head while he was in a mental cr…
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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Daniel Prude's children filed a lawsuit against Rochester, alleging that the city has a history of ignoring police misconduct
Daniel Prude died last March, a week after police responded to a call for a mental health crisis an…
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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Rochester cops tried to remove 9-year-old from a violent family crisis before pepper-spraying her, video shows
The video shows an officer trying to remove the girl from her home, where she was sobbing and accus…
Ashley Collman
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Rochester mayor pledges reforms after police killing of Daniel Prude
Daniel Prude was killed in March after police put a hood over his head, prompting him to lose consc…
Charles Davis
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A Rochester police officer wrote 'make him a suspect' on an incident report about Daniel Prude's death as city officials tried to delay the release of body camera footage, documents show
Daniel Prude, a Black man, died from died in March, one week after police put him in a "spit hood" …
Kelly McLaughlin
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Rochester officials tried for months to stall the release of body camera footage showing Daniel Prude's fatal encounter with police, documents show
Documents show law-enforcement leaders saying they feared "blow back" if they released the footage …
Kelly McLaughlin
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New York's attorney general is forming a grand jury for the death of Daniel Prude, who suffocated after police put him in a 'spit hood'
Daniel Prude, a 41-year-old Black man, died days after Rochester police placed him in a "spit hood"…
Michelle Mark,Associated Press
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'Spit hoods' — like the bag that suffocated Daniel Prude in Rochester, NY — have been used by police for years. They've been linked to several in-custody deaths.
Rochester officers placed a 'spit hood' over the head of Daniel Prude and pressed him into the grou…
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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7 Rochester officers have been suspended over the death of Daniel Prude, who stopped breathing after police held a 'spit hood' over his head for 2 minutes
Prude, a Black man, died a week after police officers placed a "spit hood" over his head and presse…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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Police in Rochester put a 'spit hood' over the head of a Black man and pressed his head into the ground for 2 minutes. He died a week later.
The family of Daniel Prude, who said he had been experiencing a mental health episode at the time o…
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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We checked in on 70 cops who were involved in notorious police killings. Some are doing just great.
This is what happened to 72 police officers after killings that gained national attention and spark…
Jack Newsham,Katherine Long,N…
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2 people are dead and 14 injured after a mass shooting at a backyard party in Rochester, New York
The shooting occurred in the early hours of Saturday at a backyard party, according to Acting Roche…
Sophia Ankel
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A Black man was stopped by sheriff's deputies while jogging in a predominately white neighborhood. The sheriff later asked him to teach deputies about biases.
Joseph Griffin was stopped by deputies from the Volusia County Sheriff's Office while jogging throu…
Kelly McLaughlin
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New York has conducted 43 investigations into police killings. None of them have led to convictions yet.
The state created a special task force to investigate police killings in 2015. They have a terrible…
Jacob Shamsian
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A woman charged with impeding officers during the Capitol riot is suing DC Police for $1 million, claiming officers assaulted her during the 'peaceful assembly'
Victoria Charity White, 40, is accused of trying to take a DC police officer's riot shield amid the…
Erin Snodgrass
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These mothers called 911 to seek help for their struggling sons. Their children ended up dead.
When dealing with a loved one in a mental-health emergency, many families in the US are faced with …