in march covering prude s head with a spit hood, later pinning him to the ground before he stopped breathing. prude died seven days later. the medical examiner calling prude s death a homicide. david, tonight, the justice department announcing they will review the new york attorney general s report into daniel prude s death and determine whether further federal response is warranted. the rochester police chief also out with a statement, saying those officers involved will remain on leave, pending the outcome of an internal investigation, david. stephanie ramos tonight. stephanie, thank you. and when we come back here tonight, what we ve now learned about that united boeing jet, that engine ripping apart just after takeoff. the key new image tonight, in a moment. good morning! the four way is a destination place. right here, between these walls, is a lot of history.
today, new york s attoney general revealing no charges. here s stephanie ramos. reporter: tonight, there are no charges against the seven rochester, new york, police officers involved in the death of daniel prude. we presented the strongest case possible, but today, the grand jury decided not to indict any police officer on charges related to daniel prude s death. reporter: prude, an unarmed black man suffering a mental health crisis, died after being in police custody last march. one recognizes the influence of race. eric garner, tamir rice, breonna taylor. george floyd. and now daniel prude. reporter: daniel prude s family says they called 911 on march 23rd to get help for the 41-year-old. officers finding him naked and bleeding. are you daniel? yes, sir. reporter: disturbing police body camera video shows officers
businesses destroyed. david, we are in the most polluted air in the entire world right here in portland. this thick smoke is just hovering. there are actually two bridges behind me, you can barely make out one of them. david? just incredible. many nights in a row now, portland dealing with the worst air quality in the world. kaylee, thank you. there is new reporting here tonight in the deadly police confrontation in rochester, new york. documents now made public suggest that police changed reports. among the findings, allegedly finding first describing daniel prude as a victim, then as a suspect. here s abc s janai norman. are you daniel? yes, sir. reporter: tonight, new accusations that officers in rochester tried to alter the narrative after their encounter with daniel prude, an unarmed black man suffering a mental health crisis, who later died in their custody. newly released paperwork revealing at least one person revised an incident report in which prude was originally l
prude broke a store window before the encounter. today, the family s lawyer telling us he has not seen that video. that shows that the coverup began immediately and it began not only with the officers involved in the incident, but their supervisors and higher level police officials. reporter: disturbing police body camera video shows officers in march covering prude s head with a spit hood, later pinning him to the ground before he stopped breathing. documents also showing officials efforts to delay releasing that footage. an email in june shows mark simmons, then deputy police chief, writing his boss, we certainly do not want people to misinterpret the officers actions and conflate this incident with any recent killings of unarmed black men by law enforcement nationally. that would simply be a false narrative. chief la ron d. singletary replying, i totally agree. and david, on monday, the mayor abruptly fired the police chief, who she once defended. and meanwhile, the invest