Home

City of Rochester

Connections: Is Rochester ready to finalize a plan for reparations?

By feedbot ~ Posted Mon, 03/29/2021 - 2:58pm
Is Rochester ready to finalize a plan for reparations? Mayor Lovely Warren said on Friday that she wants to see reparations for Black residents and...
Original Story: 
https://www.wxxinews.org/post/connections-rochester-ready-finalize-plan-reparati...
Published Date: 
Mon, 03/29/2021 - 10:37am
Tags:
»

A call for changes in policing after man was shot and killed by officers last week

By feedbot ~ Posted Mon, 03/15/2021 - 12:45am
An emotional news conference took place Sunday on the steps of Spiritus Christi Church to talk about the life of Tyshon Jones. He’s the 29-year-old...
Original Story: 
https://www.wxxinews.org/post/call-changes-policing-after-man-was-shot-and-kille...
Published Date: 
Mon, 03/15/2021 - 7:31am
Tags:
»

County and city asks residents to 'shine a light' for COVID-19 commemoration

By feedbot ~ Posted Thu, 03/11/2021 - 2:42am
To mark the anniversary of the first locally confirmed case of COVID-19, Monroe County Executive Adam Bello and Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren have...
Original Story: 
https://www.wxxinews.org/post/county-and-city-asks-residents-shine-light-covid-1...
Published Date: 
Thu, 03/11/2021 - 4:10am
Tags:
»

Benny Warr, pushed out of wheelchair by cops in 2013, seeks new trial

By feedbot ~ Posted Wed, 03/10/2021 - 8:34pm
A man who was shoved out of his wheelchair by Rochester police eight years ago during an arrest is seeking a new trial. A jury awarded Benny Warr a...
Original Story: 
https://www.wxxinews.org/post/benny-warr-pushed-out-wheelchair-cops-2013-seeks-n...
Published Date: 
Wed, 03/10/2021 - 1:26pm
Tags:
»

Wrongful death suit filed on behalf of Daniel Prude's children

By feedbot ~ Posted Mon, 03/08/2021 - 1:12pm
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) Attorneys for the five children of Daniel Prude, a Black man who died after being restrained by police during a mental health...
Original Story: 
https://www.wxxinews.org/post/wrongful-death-suit-filed-behalf-daniel-prudes-chi...
Published Date: 
Mon, 03/08/2021 - 8:22am
Tags:
»

From social club to obstacle to police reform. How the Locust Club came to be.

By feedbot ~ Posted Mon, 03/08/2021 - 8:06am
Around the time that a Rochester police officer pulled out her pepper spray to use on a 9-year-old-girl, Mike Mazzeo, the president of the Rochester...
Original Story: 
https://www.wxxinews.org/post/social-club-obstacle-police-reform-how-locust-club...
Published Date: 
Mon, 03/08/2021 - 12:56am
Tags:
»

Rochester city officials try to boost sign-ups for COVID-19 vaccine

By feedbot ~ Posted Mon, 03/01/2021 - 6:42pm
Rochester City officials continue to work to get more people signed up for vaccinations at a site that is opening up Wed., March 3, on St. Paul Street,...
Original Story: 
https://www.wxxinews.org/post/rochester-city-officials-try-boost-sign-ups-covid-...
Published Date: 
Mon, 03/01/2021 - 4:43pm
Tags:
»

Vaccination clinic set up to inoculate grocery store workers

By feedbot ~ Posted Sun, 02/28/2021 - 9:05pm
Monroe County, the city of Rochester, Wegmans and the Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce have partnered to vaccinate grocery store employees,...
Original Story: 
https://www.wxxinews.org/post/vaccination-clinic-set-inoculate-grocery-store-wor...
Published Date: 
Mon, 03/01/2021 - 4:09am
Tags:
»

Hundreds protest grand jury decision on Daniel Prude's death

By feedbot ~ Posted Wed, 02/24/2021 - 5:40am
The decision by a grand jury not to indict Rochester Police officers involved in the incident last March that eventually led to the death of Daniel...
Original Story: 
https://www.wxxinews.org/post/hundreds-protest-grand-jury-decision-daniel-prudes...
Published Date: 
Wed, 02/24/2021 - 2:35am
Tags:
»

RPD announces 1 officer suspended, 3 on leave after pepper-spraying of 9-year-old girl

By feedbot ~ Posted Sat, 02/13/2021 - 7:55am
Rochester Police have named four officers who they say were involved in the Jan. 29 incident on Harris St. where a 9-year-old girl was handcuffed and...
Original Story: 
https://www.wxxinews.org/post/rpd-announces-1-officer-suspended-3-leave-after-pe...
Published Date: 
Sat, 02/13/2021 - 4:55am
Tags:
»
Syndicate content