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2021-03-24 02:05:04 UTC
Black Lives Matter protesters in Rochester, New York, mobbed a Wegmans
grocery store on Tuesday afternoon, trapping an estimated 100 customers
inside.
Video shows protesters chanting "Black Lives Matter" and referring to
Daniel Prude, a black man who died about a week after a viral encounter
with the Rochester Police Department. The state's Democratic Attorney
General announced last month that a grand jury will not seek charges
against officers involved in the incident.
Before heading to the grocery store, protesters yelled, "We have a long
walk today, we're shutting s*** down," according to 13WHAM-TV reporter
Michael Schwartz.
"We have a long walk today, we're shutting shit down."
Around 200 people have now closed down intersection of East &
Alexander, continuing eastbound Police keeping distance,
closing surrounded ***@13WHAM #ROC
pic.twitter.com/rVbs2Gjvos
- Michael_Schwartz (@MSchwartzWHAM) March 23, 2021
An estimated 200 protesters then made their way to the Wegmans grocery
store on East Ave.
NOW IN ROCHESTER: More than 200 people have walked more than 2
miles with plans to disrupt. They're approaching East Ave
Wegmans. #DanielPrude pic.twitter.com/3e45DRfU7e
- Michael_Schwartz (@MSchwartzWHAM) March 23, 2021
The store was mobbed and forced to close, as an estimated 100
customers remained locked inside.
- Michael_Schwartz (@MSchwartzWHAM) March 23, 2021
Schwartz reported, "The group has set up here at East Ave. Wegmans.
Cars following have carried these supplies. Last time I saw a tent
setup was at Occupy City Hall. Shoppers cannot leave."
The group has set up here at East Ave. Wegmans. Cars following
have carried these supplies. Last time I saw a tent setup was
at Occupy City Hall. Shoppers cannot leave.
pic.twitter.com/5mFggc5qax
- Michael_Schwartz (@MSchwartzWHAM) March 23, 2021
"Hundreds of people trapped in the East Avenue #ROC Wegmans by this
mob," Rochester journalist and radio host Bob Lonsberry said. "The
Rochester Police Department is just watching and letting it happen. I
guess fire codes and trespassing aren't things in Rochester anymore.
What an embarrassing day for the city and the PD."
Democrat & Chronicle reporter Justin Murphy posted, "There are a bunch
of shoppers inside Wegmans who aren't being allowed to leave."
"We're more than just taxpayers in their capitalist system; we're human
beings and we demand to be treated as such," said protester Craig
Carson.
Local organizer Ashley Gantt said, "The officers that killed Daniel
Prude don't live in our community; they live in the suburbs and out
here."
Craig Carson: "We're more than just taxpayers in their
capitalist system; we're human beings and we demand to be
treated as such."
- Justin Murphy (@CitizenMurphy) March 23, 2021
Pizza is coming soon, I'm told pic.twitter.com/XUxP8TRvh4
- Justin Murphy (@CitizenMurphy) March 23, 2021
In the Wegmans parking lot, chaos is continuing. "An argument just took
place with a Wegmans customer. East Ave Wegmans remains closed at this
time," reported Scott Barstow.
An argument just took place with a Wegmans customer. East Ave
Wegmans remains closed at this time. #roc @SPECNewsROC
pic.twitter.com/YGVQ139LvT
- scott barstow (@barstow_scott) March 23, 2021
"Allowing the mob to shut down the East Ave [Wegmans], trapping at
least a hundred people, is an immoral failing by the mayor at
@CityRochesterNY and the @RochesterNYPD," Lonsberry commented. "To kiss
the a** of the mob, the rights of others are trodden, and the city dies
even more."
As reported by The Daily Wire, police reports indicated Prude was
restrained by officers while waiting for the ambulance the cops
summoned. Video suggests this was done soon after Prude told officers,
"Give me your gun, I need it."
As noted by Forbes, Prude "had been taken to the local hospital for
suicidal thoughts about eight hours before his encounter with police on
March 22."
Body camera footage shows that cops were physically restraining Prude
for about two minutes, and, according to media reports, the 41-year-old
threw up and lost consciousness. He was reportedly resuscitated on the
way to the hospital but likely suffered severe brain damage and was
pulled from life support about a week later by his family.
Notably, Prude had a mesh-like hood placed over his head, dubbed a
"spit hood." The device is used to protect officers from saliva. Prude
was repeatedly spitting and reportedly telling people he had COVID.
(The interaction with police was in March, in the early days of the
novel coronavirus pandemic.)
An autopsy report from the Monroe County Medical Examiner's Office,
according to WXXI News, "listed the cause of Prude's death as
`complications of asphyxia in the setting of physical restraint due to
excited delirium due to acute phencyclidine intoxication,' an
indication that Prude might have been high on PCP."
A portion of the police report reads: "(The paramedic) stated that the
observations of the subject were that he could be experiencing `excited
delirium,' which she described as a condition in which the subject is
experiencing agitation and aggression; increased heart rate and
respiration; overheating - which she stated would explain the subject
being naked on a night when temperatures were around 32 degrees and
mixed snow and precipitation - sweating, flushed appearance; excessive
strength, a high tolerance for pain and incoherent speech."
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Trump won.
grocery store on Tuesday afternoon, trapping an estimated 100 customers
inside.
Video shows protesters chanting "Black Lives Matter" and referring to
Daniel Prude, a black man who died about a week after a viral encounter
with the Rochester Police Department. The state's Democratic Attorney
General announced last month that a grand jury will not seek charges
against officers involved in the incident.
Before heading to the grocery store, protesters yelled, "We have a long
walk today, we're shutting s*** down," according to 13WHAM-TV reporter
Michael Schwartz.
"We have a long walk today, we're shutting shit down."
Around 200 people have now closed down intersection of East &
Alexander, continuing eastbound Police keeping distance,
closing surrounded ***@13WHAM #ROC
pic.twitter.com/rVbs2Gjvos
- Michael_Schwartz (@MSchwartzWHAM) March 23, 2021
An estimated 200 protesters then made their way to the Wegmans grocery
store on East Ave.
NOW IN ROCHESTER: More than 200 people have walked more than 2
miles with plans to disrupt. They're approaching East Ave
Wegmans. #DanielPrude pic.twitter.com/3e45DRfU7e
- Michael_Schwartz (@MSchwartzWHAM) March 23, 2021
The store was mobbed and forced to close, as an estimated 100
customers remained locked inside.
- Michael_Schwartz (@MSchwartzWHAM) March 23, 2021
Schwartz reported, "The group has set up here at East Ave. Wegmans.
Cars following have carried these supplies. Last time I saw a tent
setup was at Occupy City Hall. Shoppers cannot leave."
The group has set up here at East Ave. Wegmans. Cars following
have carried these supplies. Last time I saw a tent setup was
at Occupy City Hall. Shoppers cannot leave.
pic.twitter.com/5mFggc5qax
- Michael_Schwartz (@MSchwartzWHAM) March 23, 2021
"Hundreds of people trapped in the East Avenue #ROC Wegmans by this
mob," Rochester journalist and radio host Bob Lonsberry said. "The
Rochester Police Department is just watching and letting it happen. I
guess fire codes and trespassing aren't things in Rochester anymore.
What an embarrassing day for the city and the PD."
Democrat & Chronicle reporter Justin Murphy posted, "There are a bunch
of shoppers inside Wegmans who aren't being allowed to leave."
"We're more than just taxpayers in their capitalist system; we're human
beings and we demand to be treated as such," said protester Craig
Carson.
Local organizer Ashley Gantt said, "The officers that killed Daniel
Prude don't live in our community; they live in the suburbs and out
here."
Craig Carson: "We're more than just taxpayers in their
capitalist system; we're human beings and we demand to be
treated as such."
- Justin Murphy (@CitizenMurphy) March 23, 2021
Pizza is coming soon, I'm told pic.twitter.com/XUxP8TRvh4
- Justin Murphy (@CitizenMurphy) March 23, 2021
In the Wegmans parking lot, chaos is continuing. "An argument just took
place with a Wegmans customer. East Ave Wegmans remains closed at this
time," reported Scott Barstow.
An argument just took place with a Wegmans customer. East Ave
Wegmans remains closed at this time. #roc @SPECNewsROC
pic.twitter.com/YGVQ139LvT
- scott barstow (@barstow_scott) March 23, 2021
"Allowing the mob to shut down the East Ave [Wegmans], trapping at
least a hundred people, is an immoral failing by the mayor at
@CityRochesterNY and the @RochesterNYPD," Lonsberry commented. "To kiss
the a** of the mob, the rights of others are trodden, and the city dies
even more."
As reported by The Daily Wire, police reports indicated Prude was
restrained by officers while waiting for the ambulance the cops
summoned. Video suggests this was done soon after Prude told officers,
"Give me your gun, I need it."
As noted by Forbes, Prude "had been taken to the local hospital for
suicidal thoughts about eight hours before his encounter with police on
March 22."
Body camera footage shows that cops were physically restraining Prude
for about two minutes, and, according to media reports, the 41-year-old
threw up and lost consciousness. He was reportedly resuscitated on the
way to the hospital but likely suffered severe brain damage and was
pulled from life support about a week later by his family.
Notably, Prude had a mesh-like hood placed over his head, dubbed a
"spit hood." The device is used to protect officers from saliva. Prude
was repeatedly spitting and reportedly telling people he had COVID.
(The interaction with police was in March, in the early days of the
novel coronavirus pandemic.)
An autopsy report from the Monroe County Medical Examiner's Office,
according to WXXI News, "listed the cause of Prude's death as
`complications of asphyxia in the setting of physical restraint due to
excited delirium due to acute phencyclidine intoxication,' an
indication that Prude might have been high on PCP."
A portion of the police report reads: "(The paramedic) stated that the
observations of the subject were that he could be experiencing `excited
delirium,' which she described as a condition in which the subject is
experiencing agitation and aggression; increased heart rate and
respiration; overheating - which she stated would explain the subject
being naked on a night when temperatures were around 32 degrees and
mixed snow and precipitation - sweating, flushed appearance; excessive
strength, a high tolerance for pain and incoherent speech."
--
Trump won.