经过几天对罗切斯特警察局的抗议丹尼尔·普鲁登之死，其高级官员和他的副手星期二宣布他们将从警队退休。除了警察局长之外，其他六名部门领导宣布他们将离职。
罗切斯特警察局长拉朗·辛格尔特里在一份声明中说，他很荣幸在纽约北部为这座城市服务了20年，并赞扬了他的工作人员。然而，他表示，对他处理3月23日事件调查的抗议和批评“是企图摧毁我的品格和完整性。”
“作为一个正直的人，当外部实体试图摧毁我的人格时，我不会袖手旁观，”他在一份声明中说。“罗切斯特警察局和大罗切斯特社区的成员知道我的名声，也知道我的立场。”
据罗彻斯特市议会主席洛蕾塔·斯科特称，他的退休将于9月29日生效。斯科特告诉美国广播公司新闻，目前还没有指挥人员退休后该市如何前进的蓝图。
安东尼奥·罗曼努奇(Antonio Romanucci)是普鲁德的孩子的代理律师，他称辛格塔里的离开是“治愈创伤和对社区进行有意义的改革的重要而必要的一步。”
他在一份声明中表示:“显然，普鲁登案件中官员的行为是不人道的，随后的掩盖行为是不可接受的。”“我们期待着为普鲁登先生讨回公道，也期待着罗切斯特市的领导们为解决系统性的种族主义问题和警察部门的培训协议而努力工作。”
布伦丹·麦克德米德/路透社
2020年9月6日，在纽约罗彻斯特市，警察在逮捕一名黑人男子丹尼尔·普鲁德的过程中，将一个唾沫罩盖在他的头上，之后，罗彻斯特市警察局长拉朗·辛格尔特里在新闻发布会上就抗议该男子死亡一事发表讲话。
可爱的沃伦市长告诉罗切斯特市议会，除了单线图利，所有的指挥人员都宣布他们今天将离职。她注意到没有一个警察领导人被要求辞职。
警察工会表示，这一宣布出乎意料，但将责任归咎于市长办公室。
罗彻斯特警察蝗虫俱乐部在一份声明中说:“今天发生的事件完全出乎我们的意料，其他人也一样。”“很明显，领导的问题直接去市长办公室。我们现在的优先事项是专注的男女工作人员，他们尽管面临前所未有的挑战，但仍在继续从事非常困难的工作。”
工会补充说:“我们的成员仍然专注于和致力于服务于这个城市的公民，尽管缺乏支持和领导，我们看到来自我们的民选官员在市政厅。”
这一消息是在周二下午的市议会会议上宣布的，斯科特说她完全不知道辛格尔特里会做出这样的宣布。
“真是意想不到。我不知道会发生这种事，”斯科特说。“我不知道傻了眼是不是正确的词。但是没错。这是一个简报会，讨论警方如何处理抗议活动。”
纽约州罗切斯特市议会
视频中的一幅图像显示，2020年9月8日，纽约罗切斯特市长可爱的沃伦通知市议会，罗切斯特警察局指挥人员宣布退休。
副局长约瑟夫·莫拉比托也在退休人员之列。他在罗切斯特警察局服务了34年。
“多年来，为这个社区服务也是我的荣幸;他在一份声明中写道:“这是一个我出生、成长和热爱社区。”
Fabian Rivera中校和Elena Correia中校也宣布了他们的退休，而副参谋长马克·西蒙斯和亨利·巴瑟中校分别离开了司令部，回到了他们以前的中尉军衔。
副警长马克·穆拉宣布他将恢复上尉军衔。
丹尼尔·普鲁德的姐姐兼遗产管理人塔米沙伊·普鲁德在一份声明中说，这些人的离开是“一个好的步骤”，但他重申整个部队需要彻底改革。
上周，人体摄像镜头被公布了显示了3月23日涉及罗切斯特警官和41岁的普鲁登的事件。普鲁登的哥哥乔打电话911寻求帮助，说丹尼尔有精神疾病。
视频中，军官走近了一丝不挂的假正经，假正经最初遵从了军官的命令。假正经随后被看到大喊大叫和吐痰，这促使官员把一个吐槽袋放在他的头上。
然后，警官们看到假正经被钉在地上，而袋子还在他的头上，他最终死了。假正经一周后去世。
这一消息在过去的六天里引发了整个城市的抗议，在某些情况下，事情变得更加激烈。警察不得不对抗议者使用胡椒喷雾和催泪瓦斯，因为他们说有人向他们扔瓶子和石头。
迈克尔·圣地亚哥/盖蒂影像公司
2020年9月7日，在纽约罗切斯特，一名妇女在示威者和警察在公共安全大楼前对峙期间举着标语，此前他们为丹尼尔·普鲁登举行了和平游行。
纽约州总检察长办公室正在调查这一事件，罗切斯特警察局的七名成员已被停职停薪。该公司的办公室在周末表示，它将组成大陪审团来决定这一事件是否值得刑事指控。
假正经的死直到视频发布后才公之于众民主党和纪事报9月2日。
自视频发布以来，倡导者和社区活动人士批评警方数月来一直对普鲁登的死亡和调查保密。沃伦和辛格尔特里为他们的行为进行了辩护，并表示他们到目前为止所做的一切都是照章办事。
沃伦告诉市议会:“他没有以任何方式试图掩盖这一点。”
Rochester police chief, deputies step down suddenly following protests over death of Daniel Prude
After days of protests against the Rochester Police Department in light ofthe death of Daniel Prude, its top officer and his deputy announced Tuesday they are retiring from the force. Along with the police chief, six other department leaders announced they will vacate their roles.
Rochester Police Chief La'Ron Singletary said in a statement that he was honored to serve the city in upstate New York for 20 years and commended his staff. However, he said the protests and criticism of his handling of the investigation into the March 23 incident "are an attempt to destroy my character and integrity."
"As a man of integrity, I will not sit idly by while outside entities attempt to destroy my character," he said in a statement. "The members of the Rochester Police Department and the Greater Rochester Community know my reputation and know what I stand for."
His retirement will be effective Sept. 29, according to Rochester City Council President Loretta Scott. Scott told ABC News as of now there is no blueprint for how the city moves forward following the retirements of the command staff.
Antonio Romanucci, the attorney representing Prude's children, called Singletary's departure "an important and necessary step to healing and meaningful reform in the community."
"Clearly, the conduct of the officers in Mr. Prude's case was inhumane, and the subsequent cover-up was unacceptable," he said in a statement. "We look forward to securing justice for Mr. Prude and to having Rochester leaders do the hard work needed to address issues of systemic racism and training protocols in the police department."
Rochester Police Chief La'Ron Singletary speaks during a news conference regarding the protests over the death of a Black man, Daniel Prude, after police put a spit hood over his head during an arrest on March 23, in Rochester, N.Y., Sept. 6, 2020.
Mayor Lovely Warren informed the Rochester City Council that in addition to Singletary, the entire command staff announced it would be vacating their roles today. She noted that none of the police leaders were asked to resign.
The police union said the announcement took it by surprise, but laid blame at the foot of the mayor's office.
"The events that have unfolded today have taken us completely by surprise, as they have everyone else," the Rochester Police Locust Club said in a statement. "What is clear is that the problems of leadership go directly to the Mayor’s office. Our priority now is on the dedicated men and woman, who despite unprecedented challenges, continue to do a very difficult job."
"Our members remain focused and committed to serving the citizens of this city, despite the lack of support and leadership that we are witnessing coming from our elected officials in City Hall," the union added.
The announcement came during a scheduled city council meeting Tuesday afternoon, and Scott said she was totally unaware Singletary would make the announcement he did.
"It was unexpected. I didn't know that it was going to happen," Scott said. "I don't know blindside is the right word. But yeah, right. This was a briefing to talk about how the police handled the protests."
An image made from video shows Rochester, N.Y., Mayor Lovely Warren informing the City Council that the Rochester police department command staff announced their retirement, Sept. 8, 2020.
Deputy Chief Joseph Morabito was among those retiring. He had served on the Rochester Police Department for 34 years.
"It has also been my honor to serve this community through these many years; a community I was born and raised in, and deeply love," he wrote in a statement.
Cmdr. Fabian Rivera and Cmdr. Elena Correia also announced their retirements, while Deputy Chief Mark Simmons and Cmdr. Henry Favor each left the command staff to return to their previous ranks of lieutenant.
Deputy Chief Mark Mura announced he would return to the rank of captain.
Tameshay Prude, Daniel Prude’s sister and administrator of his estate, said in a statement the departures were "a good step," but reiterated that the entire force needed an overhaul.
Last week,body camera footage was releasedshowing the March 23 incident involving Rochester police officers and Prude, 41. Prude's brother, Joe, called 911 to get help, saying Daniel was having a mental health emergency.
In the video, officers approached Prude, who was naked, and Prude initially complied with the officers' orders. Prude was subsequently seen shouting and spitting, which prompted officers to place a spit bag over his head.
The officers are then seen pinning Prude to the ground while the bag is still on his head and he eventually goes lifeless. Prude died a week later.
The news sparked protests throughout the city over the last six days and in some instances, things got heated. Officers have had to use pepper spray and tear gas on the protesters after they said bottles and rocks were thrown at them.
A woman holds up a sign during a standoff between demonstrators and police officers in front of the Public Safety Building after a peaceful march for Daniel Prude on Sept. 7, 2020 in Rochester, N.Y.
The New York State Attorney General's Office is investigating the incident and seven Rochester Police Department members have been suspended with pay. The AG's office said over the weekend that it willempanel a grand juryto decide whether the incident merits criminal charges.
Prude's death was not made public until the video was released byThe Democrat and Chronicleon Sept. 2.
Since the release of the video, advocates and community activists have criticized the police force for keeping Prude's death and investigation under wraps for months. Warren and Singletary have defended their actions and said that everything they've done so far was by the book.
"He didn't in any way try to cover this up," Warren told the city council.
