The family of Daniel Prude, a Black man who died more than two years ago after he was detained by upstate New York police, has reached a $12 million settlement with the city of Rochester.
The city announced the news Thursday but did not acknowledge any wrongdoing in Prude's March 2020 death. Prude died following an encounter with police after they restrained him with handcuffs and placed a โspit hoodโ over his head.
In a statement, Mayor Malik Evans said the settlement was the best decision "given the costs of continued litigation."
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