Violence erupts in Rochester amid protests over Daniel Prude's death

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: Washington Post

Violence erupted Friday night and Saturday morning in Rochester, N.Y., amid a third night of protests over the March death of Daniel T. Prude, a Black man whom police hooded and pinned to the ground in a graphic video that drew an outcry this week.

Screams rang out as a driver collided with someone who tumbled over the car’s hood and fell to the ground, in a scene mirroring other vehicles’ targeting of protesters this summer. Three officers were hospitalized after sustaining cuts, serious swelling, burns and bruises from “projectiles and incendiary devices,” police told local news. A bus stop went up in flames, and patrons hurriedly left restaurants where people threw tables and broke glass amid protest chants.

They were the latest episodes of violence and destruction as communities nationwide are roiled by outrage over police killings of and use of force against Black Americans. Recent fatal shootings and clashes between right-wing and left-wing demonstrators in Portland, Ore., and Kenosha, Wis., have left residents on edge and leaders pleading for peace.

Rochester police, whom The Washington Post could not immediately reach Saturday morning, told the Spectrum News they arrested 11 people for alleged offenses including rioting, unlawful assembly and disorderly conduct. Police said they were not yet prepared to report on property damage.

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[erronis]

1. Guessing these are the thugs that trump/putin sent in to stir it up in a "blue" state.

Not that Rochester or western NY is particularly blue.

But trump doesn't care as long as mayhem ensues and Bilious Barr can get more "troops" on the ground. Good theater but horrid effects on the real people of this country.

[EarthFirst]

2. There were reports that a black pickup truck filled with Caucasian males and firearms

...were in the area immediately following this pedestrian incident.

Low and behold; law enforcement had been actively engaging protesters all evening with pepper balls and tear gas however they seemed to be have disappeared once the vehicle incident and armed racists appeared.

Tonight will the forth night of protests of 1000+ citizens demanding justice and accountability.