At three o’clock in the morning the streets above Rochester, NY, were empty and light snow was falling on the darkness, when a call came on the police radio: a naked man was running outside, under the influence of PCP, and shouting that he had coronavirus.
According to video footage of the March 23 encounter, Rochester police officers arrived and arrested a 41-year-old man named Daniel Prud with a weapon. He was sitting on the street, throbbing and inconsistent, according to video footage of the March 23 encounter where officers praised Jesus before demanding to give him a gun.
Then he started spitting on the ground. A safety device to prevent spitting by prisoners – an officer raised a mesh hood – and pulled it over Mr. Prude’s head.
Officers forced Mr. Prud to face down on the ground when he tried to climb the ladder, one of them holding his head in the pedestal, according to video from the officer’s body camera. As the ambulance arrived, Mr. Prude demanded that the hood be removed, turning it into a loud noise. After a while, Mr. Prude stopped breathing. He was resuscitated in an ambulance and hospitalized, but never regained consciousness. Seven days later, he died.
Those two fatal minutes brought to national attention on Wednesday after a raw police video was released by Mr. Prudeh’s family are still outraged by the death of a black man in the custody of an American city. Protesters took to the streets of Rochester, with Mr Prude’s relatives raising familiar questions from previous fatal encounters with police, such as why officers have not been suspended.
On Thursday, the mayor of Rochester, Lovely Groom, suspended seven officers involved in the confrontation.
Disciplinary action was first taken five months after Mr. Prude’s death; On Wednesday, the state’s attorney general, Letia James, made her first statement on the case, expressing condolences to Mr. Prude’s family and promising a “fair and independent investigation” that did not begin long after Mr. Prude’s death. Was. “We will work tirelessly to provide all our communities with the transparency and accountability they deserve,” he said.
The gap between the high-profile victims of the fatal encounter with police across the country, including George Floyd and Brona Taylor, and Mr. Prude’s death following the Jacob Blake shooting and the acceptance of an investigation by Mrs. James and the Governor. Andrew M. Cuomo – Both Democrats were annoyed by the clarification on the issue of police brutality.
On Wednesday evening, outraged by the circumstances surrounding Mr Prude’s death, Mr Kumo said he had not seen the body camera footage. As of Thursday, the governor was calling for “answers,” saying the video was “very disturbing” and called for an investigation.
“For the sake of Mr. Prude’s family and the greater Rochester community, I am calling for this case to be completed as soon as possible,” the governor said in a statement. “For that to happen, we need the full and timely cooperation of the Rochester Police Department and I am confident that it will be fully complied with.”
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Frequently Asked Questions
Updated September 1, 2020
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Why is it safe to spend time outside together?
- The risk of outdoor gatherings is low because the wind spreads viral drops, and sunlight can kill some viruses. University of Leicester virologist Dr. Julian W. Tang said open spaces prevent the virus from infecting and inhaling concentrated amounts, which occurs when infected people exhale in confined spaces for long periods of time. Julian W. Tang said.
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What are the symptoms of coronavirus?
- At first, the coronavirus seemed to be primarily a respiratory illness – many patients had fevers and colds, were weak and tired, and were breathing heavily, although some did not show many symptoms. Those who looked sick had pneumonia or acute respiratory distress syndrome and received supplemental oxygen. So far, doctors have identified many more symptoms and syndromes. In April, the CDC added to the list of signs of the onset of sore throats, fevers, colds and muscle aches. Gastrointestinal discomfort such as diarrhea and ause baka have also been observed. Another telling sign of infection is that a sudden, profound decrease in one’s sense of smell and taste can occur. In some cases adolescents and young adults have developed painful red and purple lesions on their fingers and toes – nicknamed “covid toes” – but some other serious symptoms.
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Why does it help to stand six feet away from the other?
- Coronavirus is mainly spread through your mouth and nasal drops, especially when you cough or sneeze. The CDC, one of the organizations using the measure, supports the six-foot recommendation on its feet that when coughing or sneezing, most of the large drops that people emit will fall to the ground within six feet. But six feet has never been a magic number that guarantees complete protection. For example, sneezing can drop as much as six feet, according to a recent study. That’s the rule of thumb: you should be safe outside six feet, especially when the wind is blowing. But always keep the mask on whenever you think you are too far away.
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I have antibodies. Am I immune now?
- For now, that seems likely, at least for a few months. The second quarrel of Kovid-19 seems to have been a terrible reckoning of the people. But experts say that while these patients may have a course of pulling the infection, the virus takes a slow week to months after initial exposure. People infected with the coronavirus usually produce immune molecules called antibodies, which are protective proteins made in response to infection. Harvard University immunologist Dr. “These antibodies can only last two to three months in the body, which is worrying, but they are completely normal once the acute infection subsides,” said Michael Meena. It is possible to get coronavirus again, but early infection will make it possible in a short time or make people sick a second time.
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A medical examiner in Monroe County ordered Mr. Prude’s death “due to complications of ambiguity in a state of physical restraint”.
The report states that “stimulated delirium” and phencyclidine or the drug PCP. Intense intoxication by.
Still, one scene – a black man, handcuffed and sitting on the street, wearing nothing but a white robe – seemed a striking combination of the physical helplessness and racist image of another age.
