Visual Studies Workshop next week will host a community talk-back on the film, “Holding the Line Against Police Violence,” which uses historical footage from its archives.
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Why the Rochester civil rights suit is different
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A lawyer who helped file the class action that claims “racialized violent policing in Rochester” says body-worn camera footage could turn up “hundreds, if not thousands” of potential plaintiffs.
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Attorney General Letitia James owes us an explanation
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Grand juries nearly always do what the prosecutor wants them to do. Does that explain why no RPD officers were indicted in the Daniel Prude case?
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Local leaders react to Chauvin verdict
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Activists, elected officials and others spoke out after former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of murder in the death of George Floyd.
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Rochester police reform plan approved
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Faced with an April 1 deadline, City Council voted 5-3 Monday despite last-minute changes by the Warren administration.
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Council wants Warren to fire city’s top lawyer
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Corporation Counsel Tim Curtin has been accused of misrepresentations designed to block the release of details of Daniel Prude’s death.
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RPD to mull charges against officers in Prude case
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Police Chief Cynthia Herriott-Sullivan’s decision comes in response to a resolution passed by City Council urging the police department to take disciplinary actions against officers involved in Daniel Prude’s death.
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RASE Commission releases final report
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The report identifies underlying conditions that it says perpetuate racial inequity, outlines specific proposals for reform.
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First female public administrator hits the ground running
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Cressida Dixon, a partner in Bond, Schoeneck & King’s Rochester office, started Jan. 1. Her first few months on the job have included responding to requests from the Monroe County Medical Examiner’s office to track down relatives of individuals who died alone.
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A plague of homicides
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Rochester last year experienced the highest year-over-year increase in its homicide rate in a decade.
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Prude grand jury decides: no charges
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Attorney General Letitia James announced the decision in Rochester, saying that “the criminal justice system has frustrated efforts to hold law enforcement officers accountable for the unjustified killing of unarmed African Americans.”