Rochester Mayor Promises Police Reforms After Protests Over Daniel Prude’s Death

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Elders stand on the front line in a march for Daniel Prude on Sunday in Rochester, N.Y. Prude died in March a week after police pinned him to the ground. It was the fifth consecutive night of protesting since the release of police body-camera footage of Prude’s arrest.

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Rochester Mayor Lovely A. Warren addresses reporters during a news conference in Rochester, N.Y., on Sunday, following five nights of protests over Daniel Prude’s death.

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Rochester, N.Y., Mayor Suspends Officers Over Asphyxiation Death Of Daniel Prude

After the video’s release, Warren immediately suspended seven officers with pay. As NPR’s Liz Baker has reported, many protesters say that action doesn’t go far enough.

As NPR’s Brian Mann reported from Rochester, demonstrators there have been protesting what they see as a cover-up by police, who first said Prude had died from a drug overdose.

The protests in Rochester have been mostly peaceful, Mann reports, although police have fired pepper balls at protesters.