Saturday, 5 September 2020

Daniel Prude: grand jury to investigate death of Black man in spit hood

New York attorney general says the grand jury will be part of ‘exhaustive investigation’ of Prude’s death

New York’s attorney general has moved to form a grand jury to investigate the death of Daniel Prude, a Black man who died after being hooded and held down by Rochester police earlier this year.

“The Prude family and the Rochester community have been through great pain and anguish,“ attorney general Letitia James said on Saturday in a statement about Prude’s death, which has sparked nightly protests and calls for reform.

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