Daniel Prude died, it was ruled a homicide. So why isn't it a crime?
New York State Team The world has seen video of Daniel Prude, the 41-year-old Black man who died at the hospital last March 30, one week after police put physical pressure on his head and body on a cold Rochester street. Prude had been in the throes of a mental-health episode in the early-morning hours of March 23, 2020. Police had handcuffed the naked man and placed a spit hood on his head before pressing him to the street. The medical examiner ruled the subsequent death a homicide, caused in part by asphyxiation, the controversial diagnosis of "excited delirium," and PCP use. But when ass...