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Prudeโs family says videos show crime; Officers say no
Read full article: Prudeโs family says videos show crime; Officers say noFILE - In this Sept. 3, 2020, file photo, Joe Prude, right, brother of Daniel Prude, and Daniel's nephew Armin, stand with a picture of Daniel Prude in Rochester, N.Y. Prude said Wednesday that videos recorded by Rochester Police officers' body cameras after they caught up with Daniel Prude, naked on a frigid night last March, are irrefutable proof of a crime. The officersโ attorneys said Daniel Prudeโs use of PCP, which caused irrational behavior, was โthe root causeโ of his death. AdThe attorney general also called for communities to minimize or eliminate police responses to mental health calls. Nathaniel McFarland, one of Daniel Prude's five children, said he was not surprised that the officers weren't charged.
No charges against officers involved in Daniel Prude's death
Read full article: No charges against officers involved in Daniel Prude's deathFILE - In this Sept. 3, 2020, file photo, Joe Prude, right, uncle of Daniel Prude, and Daniel's nephew Armin, stand with a picture of Daniel Prude in Rochester, N.Y. AdLawyers for the seven police officers suspended over Prudeโs death have said the officers were strictly following their training that night, employing a restraining technique known as โsegmenting.โ They claimed Prudeโs use of PCP, which caused irrational behavior, was โthe root causeโ of his death. โThe system failed Daniel Prude again," Prude family lawyer Elliot Shields said of the grand jury's decision. Michael Magri, were suspended after Prudeโs death became public. "Our actions going forward will ensure that Daniel Prudeโs death was not in vain.โAdSome activists said that they never expected the officers to face charges.
Kansas City man sentenced in death of missionary from China
Read full article: Kansas City man sentenced in death of missionary from ChinaKANSAS CITY, Mo. โ A Kansas City man has been sentenced to 26 years in prison for killing a Christian missionary from China and wounding two others while high on PCP. Curtrail Hudson, 20, was sentenced Thursday in Jackson County Circuit Court, the Kansas City Star reported. A jury found Hudson guilty in February of second-degree murder and five other charges in the April 2018 shooting that killed 38-year-old Xindong Hao. Hudson told police he believed Hao was an accomplice of another man heโd been arguing with moments before.