ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The city of Rochester, New York, has reached a $12 million settlement with the family of Daniel Prude, who died after he was restrained by police during a mental health emergency, the mayor announced Thursday.
The settlement, believed by the family's attorneys to be the largest of its kind in Rochester history, will be paid to Prude's estate and comes more than two years after his death, which sparked calls for police reform.
"Nothing can ever truly compensate me and my siblings for the killing of our father by the Rochester police," McFarland said in a statement."Resolving this case is a step in the right direction. My family needs to heal, and communities need to know that there will be at least some accountability when police kill people like my dad, whose only crime was needing help."
Prude, a 41-year-old Black man, was restrained by Rochester police officers in March 2020 during a mental health emergency. His death a week later, of complications from asphyxia after he was taken off life support, was ruled a homicide by the Monroe County medical examiner. None of the Rochester Police officers involved in the incident were charged, after a grand jury voted not to indict them.
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