Crime & Justice

New York Attorney General Empanels Grand Jury in Daniel Prude Case

EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY

“The Prude family and the Rochester community have been through great pain and anguish,” New York Attorney General Letitia James said in a statement.

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New York Attorney General Letitia James has moved to empanel a grand jury in the investigation into Daniel Prude's death in police custody. Prude was asphyxiated in March when Rochester police put a hood over his head and held him face-down. “The Prude family and the Rochester community have been through great pain and anguish,” she said in a statement. “My office will immediately move to empanel a grand jury as part of our exhaustive investigation into this matter.” James’ office had made no public comment about the Prude case—deemed a homicide by the coroner—before video of the incident released last week unleashed national outrage. It’s not clear why the decision to convene a grand jury was not made earlier in the process.

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