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Federal lawsuit alleges brutality by Rochester police
A lawsuit accuses Rochester officials of allowing a culture of police brutality against racial minorities to fester in the New York city and asks a court to force reforms
By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press
April 5, 2021, 9:43 PM
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A lawsuit filed Monday accuses Rochester officials of allowing a culture of police brutality against racial minorities to fester and asks a court to force reforms.
The civil rights lawsuit was filed on behalf of potentially “hundreds, if not thousands” of people it claims have been victimized by officers over the last three years, including while protesting last year in the wake of the revelation of the death of Daniel Prude, a Black man who lost consciousness and died after being pinned, naked, to the street by officers responding to a mental health call.