٠٠:٠١:٥٩Police fired tear gas on protesters in Rochester, New York, on Friday, as hundreds took to the streets to demand justice for Daniel Prude, who died in a hospital in March after being apparently asphyxiated by police officers.
Fresh protests were triggered by the release of a video showing the circumstances of his death.
The video, released on Wednesday, showed police covering Prude's head with a "spit hood" and holding him on the ground before he stopped breathing.
Prude was having a mental health episode on March 23 when his brother Joe called the Rochester Police Department for help.
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Police fired tear gas on protesters in Rochester, New York, on Friday, as hundreds took to the streets to demand justice for Daniel Prude, who died in a hospital in March after being apparently asphyxiated by police officers.
Fresh protests were triggered by the release of a video showing the circumstances of his death.
The video, released on Wednesday, showed police covering Prude's head with a "spit hood" and holding him on the ground before he stopped breathing.
Prude was having a mental health episode on March 23 when his brother Joe called the Rochester Police Department for help.
Police fired tear gas on protesters in Rochester, New York, on Friday, as hundreds took to the streets to demand justice for Daniel Prude, who died in a hospital in March after being apparently asphyxiated by police officers.
Fresh protests were triggered by the release of a video showing the circumstances of his death.
The video, released on Wednesday, showed police covering Prude's head with a "spit hood" and holding him on the ground before he stopped breathing.
Prude was having a mental health episode on March 23 when his brother Joe called the Rochester Police Department for help.