In February 27, 2021 LA Progressive, Why Black Lives Still Don’t Matter, Sonali Kolhatkar briefly discusses the death of Daniel Prude in Rochester, New York.
“[Daniel] Prude, like countless other Black people killed by police whether they were women like Breonna Taylor, or children like Tamir Rice are sacrifices to the altar of white supremacy.”
Sonali Kolhatkar’s claim that Daniel Prude was sacrificed on the altar of white supremacy ignores the fact that Rochester, New York is a minority run city. Here’s a list of its mayor, city council, police chiefs, and school board followed by their race, ethnicity, and gender. Which one is a white supremacist?
By Spectrum News Staff and Andrew Freeman Rochester UPDATED 10:21 PM ET Feb. 24, 2021 PUBLISHED 7:56 PM ET Feb. 24, 2021 PUBLISHED 7:56 PM EST Feb. 24, 2021
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ROCHESTER, N.Y. Activists took to the streets of Rochester for a second evening in response to the grand jury decision to not indict any of the officers involved in the arrest and subsequent death of Daniel Prude in police custody. Free the People ROC organized the event.
More than 50 demonstrators marched to the Public Safety Building, where they had a short exchange with police, but officers eventually returned inside the building, where they remained for the evening.
They even remained inside while a protestor crossed the barricades and taped papers onto the