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  Newly released grand jury transcripts shed more light on why police officers who restrained Daniel Prude avoided criminal charges in his death, but the city of Rochester and the officers could still be held accountable. Disciplinary charges are still possible against the officers, lawyers for Prude's estate have filed a civil lawsuit and a federal civil rights action also is possible. And, significantly, more than a year after the death of the 41-year-old Black man, the case remains a rallying cry for police reform in the city by Lake Ontario, and beyond. "By no means is it over," Mikey...

Print Newly released grand jury transcripts shed more light on why police officers who restrained Daniel Prude avoided criminal charges in his death, but the city of Rochester and the officers could still be held accountable. Disciplinary charges are still possible against the officers, lawyers for Prude’s estate have filed a civil lawsuit and a federal civil rights action also is possible. And, significantly, more than a year after the death of the 41-year-old Black man, the case remains a rallying cry for police reform in the city by Lake Ontario, and beyond. “By no means is it over,�...

Michael Hill April 17, 2021 - 2:31 PM Newly released grand jury transcripts shed more light on why police officers who restrained Daniel Prude avoided criminal charges in his death, but the city of Rochester and the officers could still be held accountable. Disciplinary charges are still possible against the officers, lawyers for Prude's estate have filed a civil lawsuit and a federal civil rights action also is possible. And, significantly, more than a year after the death of the 41-year-old Black man, the case remains a rallying cry for police reform in the city ...

Jurors in Daniel Prude Case Voted Overwhelmingly in Favor of Police Mr. Prude’s death last year became part of a fraught national conversation around racism and brutality in policing. Joe Prude, right, brother of Daniel Prude, and his son, Armin, with a picture of Daniel Prude in Rochester, N.Y.Credit...Ted Shaffrey/Associated Press April 16, 2021Updated 8:07 p.m. ET Over the course of 45 hours, the grand jury convened in the case of Daniel Prude, a Black man who died after being detained by the police in Rochester, N.Y., last year, heard from more than 30 witnesses — including police off...

The police officers responsible for Daniel Prude’s death will not face criminal charges. During a news conference Tuesday, Attorney General Letitia James announced that the grand jury she’d convened to probe Prude’s death declined to press charges against any of the seven officers at the scene, including the three officers who restrained Prude: Mark Vaughn, Troy Taladay, and Francisco Santiago. “My office presented an extensive case and we sought a different outcome than the one the grand jury presented us today,” James said. Prude died March 30, a week after Rochester police off...