Family Of Daniel Prude Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit

Daniel Prude, a 41-year-old Black man from Chicago, died after being restrained by police in Rochester, N.Y., in March of 2020.

By Stephanie Kim
Family Of Daniel Prude Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit
In this Sept. 3, 2020, file photo, Joe Prude, right, brother of Daniel Prude, and Daniel's nephew Armin, stand with a picture of Daniel Prude in Rochester, N.Y. In a decision announced Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, a grand jury voted not to charge officers shown on body camera video holding Daniel Prude down naked and handcuffed on a city street last winter until he stopped breathing. Ted Shaffrey, File / AP Photo
Family Of Daniel Prude Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit
In this Sept. 3, 2020, file photo, Joe Prude, right, brother of Daniel Prude, and Daniel's nephew Armin, stand with a picture of Daniel Prude in Rochester, N.Y. In a decision announced Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, a grand jury voted not to charge officers shown on body camera video holding Daniel Prude down naked and handcuffed on a city street last winter until he stopped breathing. Ted Shaffrey, File / AP Photo

Family Of Daniel Prude Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit

Daniel Prude, a 41-year-old Black man from Chicago, died after being restrained by police in Rochester, N.Y., in March of 2020.

By Stephanie Kim
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It’s been almost a year since Daniel Prude died after being restrained by police during a mental health crisis in Rochester, N.Y. His death was ruled a homicide but no charges have been brought against the officers involved.

Reset checks in with a reporter for more on this story and with one of the lead attorneys who filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city of Rochester and the officers involved in Prude’s death.

GUESTS: Berkeley Brean, reporter for News10NBC

Matthew Piers, lawyer for the estate of Daniel Prude; shareholder of Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym, Ltd.