The Rochester City Council has voted to use its subpoena power for the first time, asking the city’s police department to turn over its records on the Ricky Bryant case for review. The 18-year-old suffered a fractured eye socket after being stopped by police while leaving last summer’s Puerto Rican festival. Officers suspected he might […]
For the second time in two days, Rochester Police Chief Michael Ciminelli says an officer has been suspended after video surfaced of an arrest that might have gone overboard. The police body camera footage shows an officer choking a person who had already been taken into custody and handcuffed. At a news conference, the […]
Two Rochester Police officers are suspended following an incident on Northampton Street earlier this month that was caught on surveillance video. The video, uncovered by blogger Davy V, shows a young man pulling into a driveway on a dirt bike. Officers are then seen pulling him off the bike and tackling him to the […]