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Union head: Officers in suffocation death followed training

by Associated Press
| September 4, 2020 9:03 AM

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — The police officers involved in the suffocation death of Daniel Prude were following their training when they put a hood over his head and pinned him to the ground for two minutes before noticing wasn't breathing, the head of the officers' union said Friday.

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