The police officers responsible for Daniel Prude’s death will not face criminal charges.
During a news conference Tuesday, Attorney General Letitia James announced that the grand jury she’d convened to probe Prude’s death declined to press charges against any of the seven officers at the scene, including the three officers who restrained Prude: Mark Vaughn, Troy Taladay, and Francisco Santiago.
“My office presented an extensive case and we sought a different outcome than the one the grand jury presented us today,” James said.
Prude died March 30, a week after Rochester police officers restrained and suffocated him during a mental hygiene arrest. But the public didn t learn about his death and the circumstances around it until Sept. 2, when activists and attorneys for his family released body camera footage of his encounter with police. That day they also announced a federal lawsuit against the city.