An unarmed black man died in New York state after he was hooded by police and held face down to the road for two minutes, body camera footage shows.
Daniel Prude, 41, who had mental health issues, was restrained in March by police who put a “spit hood” – a device used to stop detainees spitting or biting – on his head.
He later died from asphyxiation and his case has just been made public.
His death was two months before the killing of George Floyd, whose cause of death was from a policeman kneeling on his neck for over 8 minutes.
It all began when Mr Prude’s brother, Joe, said he called police in Rochester on 23 March as his sibling was showing acute mental health problems.
“I placed a phone call for my brother to get help, not for my brother to get lynched,” he said.
A warehouse worker from Chicago and father of five, Daniel Prude was visiting his brother at the time of his death.
Police body camera footage obtained by the family through a public records request shows Mr Prude, who had been running naked through the streets in a light snow before police arrived, lying unarmed as officers restrain him on the ground.
The video shows that Mr Prude complied immediately when officers arrived on the scene and ordered him to lie on the ground and put his hands behind his back. He can be heard saying: “Sure thing, sure thing.”
He becomes agitated, at times swearing at the officers who surround him and spitting, but he does not appear to offer any physical resistance, according to the footage.
