ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Rochester city councilmembers are honoring the life of Daniel Prude Friday, what would have been his 46th birthday.
Prude died in 2020 after Rochester police took him into custody and pinned him to the ground out in the street while he was suffering from a mental health episode. His death was ruled a homicide, though no officers were charged with any crime.
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A State taskforce has since been created in his name to support trauma-informed responses to mental health crisis.
A gathering was held Friday night at Samuel Mcree Way and Jefferson Avenue in Rochester, where the incident took place March 2020.
Friday, councilmembers Mary Lupien, Stanley Martin and Kim Smith issued a proclamation declaring Sept. 20, 2024 “Daniel’s Day.”
Read the full proclamation below: