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Naked with 'spit hoods' on, protesters decry Prude's death

He died a week later after he was taken off life support. His brother, Joe Prude, had called 911 seeking help for Daniels unusual behaviour. Seven police officers were suspended on Thursday

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Naked protesters, wearing 'spit hoods' in reference to Daniel Prude's killing, demonstrate outside Public Safety Building on Monday. Pic/AP

Naked protesters, wearing 'spit hoods' in reference to Daniel Prude's killing, demonstrate outside Public Safety Building on Monday. Pic/AP

Naked, with "spit hoods" in a reference to the killing of Daniel Prude, several protesters sat outside Rochester's police headquarters to push for police accountability.

Photos and video showed roughly a half-dozen demonstrators, naked or in minimal clothes and some with "Black Lives Matter" written on their backs, sitting silently with their hands behind them, on a rain-slicked street outside the city Public Safety Building on Monday morning.

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