“As a man of integrity, I will not sit idly by while outside entities attempt to destroy my character,” Chief La'Ron Singletary said in a statement.
Protests ignited in Rochester following the release of video of Prude’s encounter with police in March., a group of officers approached 41-year-old Prude, who complied with their requests for him to lie face-down on the ground and put his hands behind his back.
Officers are seen placing a “spit hood” over his head, then shoving his head to the ground. One officer places his knee on Prude’s back while another officer holds his head down with two hands, the video shows.Protestors in Rochester demanded the resignation of Singletary after a medical examiner ruled Prude’s death a homicide. Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren has also been called to resign. Warren
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