That cop to shoothim in his back. There are more questionsthan there are answers. Jennifer this was coming. There was too muchrage in everybody and its beengoing on for years. Steven next thing i know,i picked up a brick and threw it straightthrough the window. upbeat music Protestors Chanting r it all began on a noteof prayer and mourning for 15 year old phillippannell, shot to death by policeon tuesday night. Natacha it was apeaceful vigil. Everybody just wanted tocome together and find out, like, why did this happen . Then the evening came. The crowd was getting angry. The police were pushing back. And then thats whenthe riot broke out. William the night of the riot,i was there. Very, very quickly,it just got out of control. People werethrowing rocks, broke windows inthe police building. Bryan ive gotpeople that theyre inside in fear of their life. We tore up everythingin our path. I wanted that policestation to be burned down. Thats how i felt. You know, i mean,he just killed my fr
that cop to shoothim in his back. there are more questionsthan there are answers. jennifer: this was coming. there was too muchrage in everybody and it s beengoing on for years. steven: next thing i know,i picked up a brick and threw it straightthrough the window. (upbeat music) (protestors chanting) r: it all began on a noteof prayer and mourning for 15 year old phillippannell, shot to death by policeon tuesday night. natacha: it was apeaceful vigil. everybody just wanted tocome together and find out, like, why did this happen? then the evening came. the crowd was getting angry.the police were pushing back. and then that s whenthe riot broke out. william: the night of the riot,i was there. very, very quickly,it just got out of control. people werethrowing rocks, broke windows inthe police building. bryan: i ve gotpeople that they re inside in fear of their life. we tore up everythingin our path. i wanted that policestation to be burned down. that s how i felt. you know, i me
there were extremistson both sides. there were very, i mean,i don t know if i would have used the word atthe time right wing from the white communityand their narrative was we were the perfect communityand phillip pannell was the bad kid and don t blame thecops for what happened. so it became, oh, you re either defending the police oryou re defending phillippannell. w: why did he run? m: yeah, he wasjust scared. he probably hadproblems with the police r: but this isstill no reason to shoot him in theback and kill him. mike: in assessingwhat happened here. it s important to talkabout what we call the battle of the photographs ofphillip pannell at thenewspaper. the photograph thatwe received from the police departmentwas a mug shot. this became a pointof controversy. natacha: that s all myfamily and my mother, everybody was seeing justthat mug shot of my brother. and in that mug shot, his face, he looked older than what he wasbecause his his eye was black.
there were very, i mean,i don t know if i would have used the word atthe time right wing from the white communityand their narrative was we were the perfect communityand phillip pannell was the bad kid and don t blame thecops for what happened. so it became, oh, you re either defending the police oryou re defending phillippannell. w: why did he run? m: yeah, he wasjust scared. he probably hadproblems with the police r: but this isstill no reason to shoot him in theback and kill him. mike: in assessingwhat happened here. it s important to talkabout what we call the battle of the photographs ofphillip pannell at thenewspaper. the photograph thatwe received from the police departmentwas a mug shot. this became a pointof controversy. natacha: that s all myfamily and my mother, everybody was seeing justthat mug shot of my brother. and in that mug shot, his face, he looked older than what he wasbecause his his eye was black.
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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.