Joe Prude, 44, right, and his son Armin, 18, stand with a picture of Joe Prude’s brother Daniel Prude, 41, in Rochester, New York, on Thursday, September 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)
(AP) A grand jury investigating the police suffocation death of Daniel Prude last year in Rochester, New York, voted 15-5 not to indict the three officers who restrained him, according to transcripts of the proceedings released Friday.
Prosecutors from the state attorney general’s office had asked the grand jury to consider a criminally negligent homicide charge for the officers, who were seen on body camera footage holding and pressing the 41-year-old Black man against the frigid pavement in March 2020 until he stopped breathing.
State s own expert told grand jury police didn t kill Daniel Prude
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A grand jury voted 15-5 not to charge the three officers involved in Daniel Prude s restraint.
Prosecutors overseeing a grand jury investigation into the death of Daniel Prude last year in Rochester, New York, undercut the case for criminal charges with testimony from a medical expert who said three police officers who held Prude to the ground until he stopped breathing didn’t do anything wrong.
Dr. Gary Vilke told the grand jury that Prude, a 41-year-old Black man, died of a heart attack caused by the medical phenomenon known as excited delirium. He said the officers actions, which included placing a mesh hood over Prude s head, had no impact on his breathing, according to transcripts made public Friday.
Newly released transcripts show that prosecutors overseeing a grand jury investigation into the death of Daniel Prude last year in Rochester, New York, undercut
Prosecutor s expert told grand jury police did not kill Daniel Prude
April 16, 2021 / 9:33 PM / AP No charges for police in Daniel Prude s death
Prosecutors overseeing a grand jury investigation into the death of Daniel Prude last year in Rochester, New York, undercut the case for criminal charges with testimony from a medical expert who said three police officers who held Prude to the ground until he stopped breathing didn t do anything wrong.
Dr. Gary Vilke told the grand jury that Prude, a 41-year-old Black man, died of a heart attack caused by the medical phenomenon known as excited delirium. He said the officers actions, which included placing a hood over Prude s head, had no impact on his breathing, according to transcripts of the proceedings made public Friday.
The grand jury voted 15-5 not to charge the three officers involved in Daniel Prude s restraint. Author: Associated Press Updated: 8:01 PM EDT April 16, 2021
ROCHESTER, N.Y. Newly released transcripts show that prosecutors overseeing a grand jury investigation into the death of Daniel Prude last year in Rochester, New York, undercut the case for criminal charges with testimony from a medical expert who said police officers who held Prude to the ground didn’t do anything wrong.
The grand jury voted 15-5 not to charge the three officers involved in Prude s restraint. Prude stopped breathing as officers held him down with a hood over his face.