May 13, 2021
Faith leaders in Rochester who have long been critical of the city police force are proposing an alternative a Rochester Community Public Safety Corps.
The head of the United Christian Leadership Ministry, Reverend Lewis Stewart, says funds could be reallocated from the RPD to fund the program.
Stewart says the corps members would be armed with two things a body camera and a radio to do the work needed.
Stewart says he ll be meeting with the mayor next month to discuss the details
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Daniel Prude and George Floyd died less than two months apart after encounters with police officers in two different American cities.
Rochester police officers pinned Prude, naked and handcuffed, to the ground on a frigid street on March 23, 2020. Prude lost oxygen to his brain and died a week later.
Floyd died that May while Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin restrained Floyd, who was handcuffed. Chauvin pressed his knee forcefully on Floyd s neck for more than nine minutes.
Those moments between the Black men and the white police officers were captured on video, triggering a wave of social justice protests. Floyd s and Prude s names intertwined in chants demanding accountability and reform in policing.
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ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHEC) Many in Rochester are reacting after former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty on all counts Tuesday.
Chauvin was found guilty of second and third degree murder as well as second degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd last May.
News10NBC interviewed criminal defense attorney Peter Pullano about the verdict. Watch the interview in the video in the player below (mobile users, click here):
Read local reactions below.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo The verdicts delivered today were a powerful statement of accountability. George Floyd s family and his loved ones got well-deserved closure, and all of us who deeply and personally felt his loss gained hope in the possibility of progress.