NEW THIS MORNING -- A TENSE
SCENE IN ROCHESTER LAST NIGHT --
WHERE HUNDREDS GATHERED FOR A
BLACK LIVES MATTER DEMONSTRATION
IN THE WAKE OF DANIEL PRUDE'S
DEATH.
IT STARTED AS A PEACEFUL PROTEST
FRIDAY EVENING IN DOWNTOWN
ROCHESTER -- WITH HOURS OF
SPEECHES AND PRAYER.
A GROUP OF MORE THAN ONE-
THOUSAND DEMONSTRATORS LATER
MARCHING THROUGH THE CITY.
AROUND :5 -- ROCHESTER POLICE
DECLARING THE DEMONSTRATION AS
UNLAWFUL -- ASKING PROTESTERS
TO LEAVE THE AREA...WHEN THEY
DIDN'T -- OFFICERS USED TEAR
GAS.
THE FINAL PROTESTERS DISPERSING
AT :3 THIS MORNING.
PRUDE -- A 4-YEAR- OLD BLACK
MAN -- DIED IN MARCH AFTER AN
ENCOUNTER WITH ROCHESTER POLICE.
AN AUTOPSY RELEASED EARLIER THIS
WEEK CALLING THE DEATH A
HOMICIDE -- CITING
COMPLICATIONS OF ASPHYXIA
WHILE BEING RESTRAINED.
THE REPORT SHOWING PRUDE HAD A
SMALL AMOUNT OF P-C-P IN HIS
SYSTEM AT THE TIME...
SEVEN ROCHESTER POLICE OFFICERS
HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED WITHOUT PAY
IN CONNECTION TO THE INCIDENT.
THE CASE NOW BEING INVESTIGATED
BY THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S
