After days of protests against the Rochester Police Department in light of the death of Daniel Prude, Police Chief La'Ron Singletary and his deputy announced Tuesday they are retiring from the force. Along with the police chief, six other department leaders announced they will vacate their roles.
New York Attorney General Letitia James released the following statement about her office’s ongoing investigation into the death of Daniel Prude:
“The Prude family and the Rochester community have been through great pain and anguish. My office will immediately move to empanel a grand jury as part of our exhaustive investigation into this matter.”
James first began a probe into Prude’s death in April. Her decision to empanel a grand jury comes after days of unrest in Rochester, N.Y. following the release of new details in the death of Prude, a 41-year-old Black man who died of asphyxiation in March after an encounter with police.
A Rochester man was arrested for attempting to provide material support to Islamic ISIS, a designated foreign terrorist organization. Emanuel Lutchman, 25, was charged by criminal complaint.
