New Video Shows Officers Putting Hood Over Daniel Crude’s Head, Leading To His Death

Newly released video footage of a March incident that led to the death of another Black man was released Wednesday and it clearly shows an officer placing a hood over his head and holding him down on the ground until he stopped breathing.

Daniel Prude was having a mental breakdown, and his brother Joe Prude called the Rochester Police Department for help but never did he expect his brother’s life would be taken from him.

Daniel stopped breathing after police knelt on him while he was naked and handcuffed, according to video. When he was brought to the hospital 15 minutes later, he was brain dead, his brother said.

Daniel’s death was ruled a homicide by the Monroe County Medical examiner, according to a copy of the autopsy report obtained by lawyers for his family.

The report cites complications of asphyxia in the setting of physical restraint as a finding. The report also states excited delirium and acute PCP intoxication as causes of death.

Joe said in a press conference Wednesday that his brother’s death was a “cold-blooded murder.”

The family lawyers are in the beginning stages of filing a wrongful death lawsuit. The officers are still on active duty.

This should have never ended in death. Pray that the family receives peace and justice for Daniel Prude.