CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- More than five months after a Chicago man died at the hands of police in Rochester, New York, his family is calling for the officers involved to be fired and to be criminally charged.
Daniel Prude's brother, Joe Prude, had called Rochester police back in March, because he was concerned about his brother's mental health condition.
Daniel Prude had been running around naked outside in the snow in freezing temperatures.
His death received no public attention until Wednesday, when his family held a news conference and released police body camera video and written reports they obtained through a public records request.
Robert Hoger is a protester who was out Wednesday night.
"When I saw the video, I was very, very, very upset and all I saw was excused from elected leaders - the mayor, the police chief," he said.
Rochester's mayor called the video "disturbing," and said the New York Attorney General's Office has been investigating the incident since April.
"The video is very disturbing," said Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren. "I'm not going to deny that."
Daniel Prude's brother wants the police officers involved to be fired and criminally charged.
The fatal encounter happened two months before the death of George Floyd in Minnesota prompted nationwide demonstrations. Floyd died when an officer put his knee on his neck for several minutes during an arrest.
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