Protesters gather at Jefferson Ave., Rochester, N.Y., the location of Daniel Prude's murder, on Sept. 5, 2020. Protest organizers give speeches and tell crowd members to sit until it is time to begin preparing to march.
Joe Prude, Daniel Prude’s Brother, peers out at the crowd of people gathered at Martin Luther King Jr. park in Rochester, N.Y., to march demanding justice for his brother. Prude becomes emotional at many points in his speech as he attempts to deliver his demands to city officials of Rochester.
Candles, flowers, and other items are left at the memorial for Daniel Prude on Sept. 5, 2020, at the corner of Jefferson Ave. and McCree Way.
Protesters form a wall on West Main St., as they get bombarded with projectiles released from Rochester Police Department on Sept. 5, 2020.
Protesters are pushed back by police on West Main St., as they begin to form a line shielded by umbrellas on Sept. 5, 2020. After that evening, protesters began to jokingly refer to themselves as the “Umbrella Academy” after the Netflix show. Umbrellas are still being carried around by protesters in the event that police begin to attack again.
A family stops momentarily to wipe their eyes of tear gas on West Main St., Sept. 5, 2020. Black Lives Matter protesters ran down South Ave., away from tear gas canisters and pepper bullets dispersed by Rochester Police Department moments earlier on West Main St..
Rev. Myra Brown walks to the edge of barricades set up by Rochester Police Department, where protesters stand on the other side, to return the Black Lives Matter flag that had just been taken down on the morning of Sept. 16, 2020, at Rochester City Hall. The previous night protesters had gathered in an "Occupy City Hall" effort. The next morning police brought in city workers to clear the area and made several arrests.
A young boy sticks his fist out of an upstairs window of his home to show solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement at the "Birthday Bash" celebration for Joe Prude, Brother of Daniel Prude, on Child St. and Danforth St., Rochester, NY, Oct. 1, 2020. Community members gathered and danced to a live DJ late into the night.
Community members gather and dance to a live DJ late into the night to celebrate Joe Prude's birthday on Oct. 1, 2020, on Child St., and Danforth St.
Joe Prude, right, comforts Shay, left, a Free the People Roc member, as she talks to the crowd gathered for a vigil at Daniel Prude's memorial located on Jefferson Ave., and McCree Way, on Oct. 30, 2020. Shay, Daniel's cousin, discusses the hardships of losing friends and family to police violence. "In the end we are going to be victorious...We are going to win at the end but it would be a lie to come out here and not express what I really feel and what I really see," says Shay.
Joe Prude initiates a balloon release on Child St., to honor the anniversary of his brother's death on March 23, 2021.
These images were taken in Rochester, N.Y., after the surge of protests that resulted in police body-worn camera footage being released documenting the arrest of Daniel Prude, a 41 year old Black man. Prude was shown experiencing a mental health crisis, while having a spit hood placed over his face and forced into the ground. The footage dated back to March 23, 2020, however the footage was not released until five months later in September, 2020. The following images depict the protests and community actions taken as a result of Daniel Prude’s death while in custody of the Rochester Police Department.
