Police officers involved in suffocation of black man in New York suspended

A Rochester police officer puts a hood over the head of Daniel Prude (Rochester Police via Roth and Roth LLP via AP)

US police officers involved in the suffocation of a black man who had a “spit hood” put over have been suspended.

Daniel Prude’s death, in Rochester, New York, in March happened just as the coronavirus was raging out of control in the city and received no public attention at the time.