Article 5EKYE Daniel Prude: protesters decry New York jury's failure to indict officers in death

Daniel Prude: protesters decry New York jury's failure to indict officers in death

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Alexandra Villarreal
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Protests in Rochester follow lack of charges for police officers who placed Black man in hood until he became unconscious

A crowd of somber yet outraged protesters in Rochester, upstate New York, endured bitter cold on Tuesday night to decry a grand jury's failure to indict local police officers for the death of Daniel Prude, a 41-year-old Black man who was in town visiting relatives, last March.

This is not what we expected. This is not what we wanted. And until there is justice in this system, they will not get no peace from us," said Jay Johnson, who was demonstrating.

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