Daniel Prude grand jury verdict leads to Rochester protests after decision not to indict officers

Hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets of Rochester, N.Y. on Tuesday night to protest the news that a grand jury had decided not to indict seven officers involved in the March 2020 arrest of Daniel Prude, whose death made headlines after video showed he was handcuffed naked and seated on the street while his head was covered with a spit hood.

Photos posted on social media show protesters – some wearing helmets and carrying umbrellas – climbed the barriers erected along Child Street and were greeted by officers. A crowd gathers near the site of Daniel Prude's encounter with police officers in 2020, in Rochester, N.Y., Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus) Anthony Hall speaks to a crowd gathered at the site of Daniel Prude's encounter with police officers in 2020, in Rochester, N.Y., Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus) A crowd marches away from the site of Daniel Prude's encounter with police officers in 2020, in Rochester, N.Y., Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus) Dianne Stengel places candles at the site of Daniel Prude's encounter with police officers a year ago in Rochester, N.Y., Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus) In this image taken from police body camera video provided by Roth and Roth LLP, Rochester police officers hold down Daniel Prude on March 23 in Rochester, N.Y. (Rochester Police via Roth and Roth LLP via AP) In this image taken from police body camera video provided by Roth and Roth LLP, Rochester police officers hold down Daniel Prude on March 23, 2020, in Rochester, N.Y. (Rochester Police via Roth and Roth LLP via AP) In this image taken from police body camera video provided by Roth and Roth LLP, Rochester police officers prepare to load Daniel Prude into an ambulance on March 23, 2020, in Rochester, N.Y. (Rochester Police via Roth and Roth LLP via AP) FILE - In this image taken from police body camera video provided by Roth and Roth LLP on Sept. 2, 2020, a Rochester police officer puts a hood over the head of Daniel Prude, on March 23, 2020, in Rochester, N.Y. (Rochester Police via Roth and Roth LLP via AP) Rochester police body camera footage shows Daniel Prude on the ground during an encounter that turned deadly earlier this year. (New York Attorney General) As the demonstration continued, police announced in a second tweet of the night that RPD "supports the rights of our citizens to peacefully protest as the U.S. Constitution allows."