Mayor Warren Presents RPD Reform Draft By Jonathan Hunter and Spectrum News Staff Rochester UPDATED 10:56 PM ET Feb. 04, 2021 PUBLISHED 8:42 PM ET Feb. 04, 2021 PUBLISHED 8:42 PM EST Feb. 04, 2021
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ROCHESTER, N.Y. Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren on Thursday presented a first draft to reform the city police department. This comes as part of Governor Andrew Cuomo s executive order 203 to reinvent policing following the death of George Floyd.
The draft has 10 categories, all recommended by a working group consisting of city council, the Police Accountability Board, United Christian Leadership Ministry, the Commission on Racial and Structural Equity, and Interim Police Chief Cynthia Herriott-Sullivan.
Rochester officials pledge to release more footage of officers who pepper-sprayed 9-year-old girl Tim Craig, Kimberly Kindy Officials in Rochester, N.Y., said Tuesday that they expect to release additional police body camera footage involving the officers who handcuffed and pepper-sprayed a 9-year-old girl, a case that is sparking outrage over how law enforcement agencies respond to people who might be having an emotional or mental health episode. Two videos of the incident were released over the weekend, followed by the suspension of three officers. City spokesman Justin Roj said police officials are in custody of other footage that it hopes to release in the “coming days.”
Rochester pledges to release more footage of incident with girl
Tim Craig and Kimberly Kindy, The Washington Post
Feb. 2, 2021
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Officials in Rochester, N.Y., said Tuesday that they expect to release additional police body camera footage involving the officers who handcuffed and pepper-sprayed a 9-year-old girl, a case that is sparking outrage over how law enforcement agencies respond to people who might be having an emotional or mental health episode.
Two videos of the incident were released over the weekend, followed by the suspension of three officers. City spokesman Justin Roj said police officials are in custody of other footage that it hopes to release in the coming days.
Amid a nationwide outrage, lawmakers and activists call for changes to how police respond to people who may be having an emotional or mental-health episode.
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Police officers in Rochester, New York terrorized, handcuffed, and pepper-sprayed a 9-year-old girl on January 27. The body camera video, released by the Rochester Police Department the following Sunday, shows officers surrounding the child, restraining her, putting her in handcuffs, and attempting to force her inside the back of a police cruiser. The young Black girl is terrified, screaming, “I want my dad,” repeatedly throughout the over seven-minute encounter with the police. As police struggle to force the girl inside the car, they continue to threaten and cajole her. One officer can be heard saying, “You’re acting like a child.” “I am a child,” the traumatized girl responds.