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In The Midst of Riots, Rochester Police Give City Taste of Life Without Their Help

Posted at 10:00 pm on September 8, 2020 by Sarah Lee
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Demonstrators march through the streets in Rochester, N.Y., Friday, Sept. 4, 2020 protesting the death of Daniel Prude. Prude apparently stopped breathing as police in Rochester were restraining him in March 2020 and died when he was taken off life
support a week later. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus)

https://www.redstate.com/slee/2020/09/08/in-the-midst-of-riots-rochester-police-give-city-taste-of-life-without-their-help/?utm_source=whatfinger

As night falls in Rochester, NY, the community protest over the death of Daniel
Prude — the 7th in as many nights — is in danger of devolving into riots, vandalism, and violence as has been the standard for many of the protests over the summer of
2020. But this time, in Rochester at least, the entire top tier of police leadership won’t be on hand to help should things go awry. They’ve nearly all decided to retire following calls for an investigation into Prude’s death
nearly a week after
Rochester police restrained him while he was high on PCP.

Prude, known to have had mental health problems, was found naked by police after his own brother called police fearing he was a danger to himself. Because
of his behavior, and a witness statement (possibly from another police officer)
indicating Prude
may have been exposed to COVID, police placed a “spit hood” over his head and kept him restrained on the ground.

After a week in the hospital, his family removed him from life support and the community began calling for an investigation into his death. The city has been beset by rioting familiar to many cities over the past several months and Rochester police
command, dealing with the unrest nightly, have finally decided to call it quits.

Police Chief La’Ron Singletary and the rest of his command staff are stepping down following nearly a week of protests over the March death of Daniel Prude.

Singletary, 40, became chief in April 2019. The Rochester native worked his
way up through the ranks of the department, completing his 20th year of service
last month.

…

Deputy Chief Joseph Morabito, who oversees the department’s operations bureau, also announced his retirement in an email. He is leaving the department
after 34 years. Cmdr. Fabian Rivera, who has been a member of the department for 20 years, is
retiring as well.

Deputy Chief Mark Simmons and Cmdr. Henry Favor resigned their command positions and returned to their previously held rank of lieutenant. They are moving back to civil service-protected positions, meaning they cannot be fired by the next chief.

The medical examiner has ruled Prude’s death a homicide “caused by ‘complications of asphyxia in the setting of physical restraint’, with intoxication by the drug PCP, a contributing factor,” which no doubt fueled the protest fire. There seems
to be some concern that the department didn’t make Prude’s death public right away.

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So Rochester police command, no doubt aware of the larger calls for defunding police echoing across the nation, have given the city of Rochester a taste of what that means in practice.

The rest of the nation is watching.

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