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Joe called 911 nearly a year ago with concerns about Daniel’s mental health. Officers found Daniel naked in 30-degree weather on Jefferson Avenue. He was restrained in the middle of the street and suffocated. He died a week later.
New York Attorney General Letitia James spoke to Joe Prude on Tuesday prior to making the announcement, but Joe said he was hesitant to talk to her.
“You know, I was stunned. In disbelief, Prude said. Like how, can you (James) sit there and tell me that you presented all the evidence that you possibly could and this is the turn out? No one, neither one of them is being charged for that.
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The move, which is expected to take place Thursday or Friday, comes amid days of swirling rumors about a shake-up in the NYPD’s top brass. Dermot Shea will stay on as the NYPD commissioner.
Grand jury declines to charge Rochester, New York officers who killed Daniel Prude
On Tuesday, a grand jury declined to charge any of the seven Rochester, New York police officers involved in the brutal murder of 41-year-old Daniel Prude. Prude was in the midst of a mental episode last March when police pinned him to the ground until he stopped breathing. He died at the hospital from complications related to asphyxiation after being pulled from life support.
Daniel Prude (family photo)
Police were responding to a call for help from Joe Prude, Daniel’s older brother, who was concerned that his brother was having a mental breakdown. Footage of the incident, which police tried to withhold from the public, shows Prude standing naked and delirious in the middle of the street which was covered in melting snow.