Rochester Police Chief, Entire Command Staff Step Down | Morning Joe | MSNBC

The chief and entire command staff of the police department in Rochester, New York, resigned on Tuesday as outrage continued over the death of Daniel Prude. The Morning Joe panel discusses. Aired on 09/09/2020.
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Rochester Police Chief, Entire Command Staff Step Down | Morning Joe | MSNBC

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    1. @Stevan R. This is what is meant by defunding the police. There are just times when mental health workers might be able to stop the police from killing someone…or letting someone die.

    2. @David Hale Very few people are talking about abolishing the police. defunding is a stupid choice of expressing the idea that mental health officials should be brought in to handle a lot of the things police are stuck with and don’t really have the training to handle. Of course the police need to be there as well, just in case. So, actually more money and not less needs to go into law enforcement so we can get to a point of protect and serve.

    3. @Julian Marsh yes but realistically speaking when it’s all happening at once you cannot expect police just to sit there and wait around and if they sent out mental health people every time with police officers to a call that could put them at risk also

    4. Are you kidding me? A spit hood and then they kept him from bashing his head into the ground. They did nothing wrong

  1. The takeaway from this is that police overreach isn’t merely a white/black issue. Not by a long shot. I’m white, and I drove a cab for thirty years, and I dealt with a number of cops who were clearly psycho.

  2. Oh good finally seeing self defundment by police force stepping down. Lock them up for not punishing bad police.

  3. These people should not be allowed to “step down” before being thoroughly investigated and held accountable, if found to be complicit, in corruptly covering up what appears to be the murder of an innocent man.

    1. @Mark bodman your attention span is typical of a cult member his university declared a scam by the courts his charity declared a scam by the courts he is named a co conspirator to campaign finance violations by the courts he was impeached for coercing a foreign government to interfere in our elections on his behalf you have been told this over and over but you morons are unbelievably dense

    2. @Mark bodman you know before individual 1 if someone had told me there were people as stupid as you are i wouldnt have believed it but your living proof

    1. @Stat Minsky whoa great come back bro did you use both brain cells for that cutting zinger. Keep being the racist slimball you are.

    1. @Mark bodman you copy and pasting this on every post just shows what a uneducated troll you are. ☝️😎 You might even be trump we know he’s not working

    2. @jason rodgers Did you prove any of his statement wrong? Nope. Prove im wrong that he was not arrested 37 times. That he did not get help at a hospital where police took him. Back it up with FACTS not feelings

    1. @MAE Gary I bet the one they used when they murdered, oops I mean shot Breonna Taylor wasn’t turned off.
      Even though cameras are dangerous to cops. They still got a good thrill watching their own handiwork.
      But just because somethings fun to watch doesn’t change the fact that it’s a cop killing device

    1. Prosecutors are afraid of Trump. Even if when or if he leaves office. They will work out a deal for him for money. Maybe a fine and back taxes but i will not believe he will serve a day of jail time.

    2. Disgraceful!!!. So sorry 2 his family. Police in Australia ALL have extra training 2 deal & support people with Disabilities. Thank God.

    1. @Don Williams Prude died of asphyxiation after a group of police officers put a hood on his head then pressed his face into the pavement for two minutes. As usual, it was not investigated until after the video came to light

    2. @Ali B Prude had been arrested 37 different times by police. He had eight convictions. (Where have i heard that part of story?)
      His brother called cops on him recently high on pcp acting out. Cops got him help at hospital. Prude went home. Brother again had to call cops on Prude. Again high on pcp acting out.
      Hes buck naked in dead of winter with spit bag on head for spitting and resisting arrest, acting beligerant.
      7 days later he died
      Cops did what??

    3. @MarSec C Yup. Got it. Prude was a drug addict and had serious mental health issues. He was high and in mental crises and was acting out. He needed medical attention. If the cops needed to restrain him, I get it. If they needed to use a spit hood, because, after all there is a deadly virus, I get it. The issue is the fact that he was restrained on the ground with a hood on his head and they held his face to the ground until he was unconscious. He was actually brain dead and he was in the hospital on life support until he died. The issue is that they laughed and joked around while they did it. The issue is that the autopsy and medical report determined that he died of asphyxiation due to restraint (yes, I know, drugs contributed to that). The issue is that there was no investigation and they lied to the family about the incident. There was no questions asked until the video came out.

    4. @Ali B ” If the cops needed to restrain him, I get it. If they needed to use a spit hood, because, after all there is a deadly virus, I get it. The issue is the fact that he was restrained on the ground with a hood on his head and they held his face to the ground until he was unconscious.”
      So…If I read that correctly, by saying “I get it” You obviously get it.
      https://youtu.be/i7m1UvXEvJ4
      That video has a criminal defense lawyer break the whole thing down, that’s if you care about “Black lives” I suppose. But I doubt that’s true when you ignore the hundreds of black on black deaths and domestic violence that has emerged from the pointless riots and burning down of the USA. Just keep focusing on what the media feeds you, it suits you.

    1. Miso Mama They stepped down because they can receive retirement benefits subsidized by public tax dollars, while they do not do their job.

    2. @Miso Mama Not everyone “stepping down” or leaving their positions are
      doing so in an untoward, improper or unfavorable manner. “Choking on it” is a very harsh and cruel way to state it for a retirement or, for that matter, a resignation. Your comment shows your stupidity …🤦‍♂️🤮😣 😡

    1. What would you have done differently? Let the guy spit in your face during COVID? Let him run around naked, at night, with a mental illness? Please describe the proper procedure to us, since you must know given your comment.

    2. @Rich Henry its not because you blue soule… anim… cant do the job that no one can !!! just sit on his back instead of his head sociteties tra……

  4. Sometimes, when we’re trying to help somebody, they just fall over and die. Sometimes they have bullets in them, sometimes they just stop breathing. It’s not my fault just because I sat on his chest, or stepped on his head as hard as I could. It’s not illegal to stand somewhere, like on somebody’s head, or throat, is it? cop-logic 2020

    1. @John Hiller Where do you get that faulty logic from? I said nothing of the sort. Don’t be dumb, sparky. Let’s say you don’t like forest fires. Does that mean you also won’t let people heat up their food?

  5. “We are trained Marxists” — Patrisse Cullors BLM Cofounder

    Slick Willie Clinton pardoned …
    Susan Rosenberg — BLM Board Member — Convicted terrorist; Marxist; Weather Underground alumnus

  6. Hes a good cop prude was on pcp been arrested 37 times mavor lovely thew cops under bus like mayor bug eyes in chicago

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