The RPD’s top brass, including Chief La’Ron Singletary, announced Tuesday they were stepping down amid accusations of a cover-up in Daniel Prude’s death.
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Mayor Lovely Warren: ‘I was told Daniel Prude OD’d’
Mayor Lovely Warren said the city has suspended the police officers who took part in Prude’s arrest and that the city is in settlement talks with Prude’s family.
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Rochester police officer tells activist she’s being arrested ‘for being an idiot’
News of the death of Daniel Prude sparked isolated protests in Rochester, leading to the arrests or temporary detainment of demonstrators.
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Daniel Prude was suffocated by Rochester police, his family says
Two months before George Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis police touched off nationwide protests, Daniel Prude allegedly died in a similar manner in Rochester.
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Who’s going to clean up the mess in PLEX?
As the PLEX neighborhood changes, the decaying Vacuum Oil site sits untouched.
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Ortiz resigns Council seat to assume elections commissioner post
Jackie Ortiz was appointed as elections commissioner Thursday, a month after Democratic party members elected her to the post.
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Group of Democratic legislators appoints Ortiz as elections commissioner
The vote, which was announced Wednesday, was the latest development in a protracted intra-party fight over the elections commissioner post.
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Spurned Democratic legislators form breakaway bloc
The four Democratic lawmakers also submitted legislation seeking funding for their new Black and Asian Democratic Caucus.
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Monroe County Democratic legislators say they have ousted their leader
Monroe County Democratic legislators, plagued by infighting for months, are clashing over who among them leads their caucus.
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Promotions at Board of Elections rile Democrats
The appointments were made as the county Legislature stalls on confirming Jackie Ortiz as the Dems’ new elections commissioner.
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Anthony wouldn’t want Trump’s pardon, local leaders say
President Donald Trump said Tuesday he’d pardon Susan B. Anthony, who was convicted of illegally voting in the 1872 presidential election.
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Corn Hill river wall to be replaced
The project will improve the view of the river from Exchange Street and provide kayakers and other boaters with access to the water.
