Mark Vaughn arrest charges are in relation to the restraint of Daniel Prude. He is the first police to be charged.
The Rochester Police Department says one officer served with departmental charges related to Daniel Prude on March 23, 2020.
Officer Mark Vaughn was charged on Thursday evening relating to this incident.
Who Is Officer Mark Vaughn? Arrest Charges
The Rochester Police Department has determined potential grounds for legal recourse against officer Mark Vaughn.
Mark Vaughn can be seen leaning on Prude’s head and neck area in police body camera video of the encounter. Attorneys for the officers said the latest training technique segmenting was performed.
The body camera footage showed Officer Vaughn putting a spit sock over Daniel Prude’s head which was released in September 2020.
The statement didn’t reveal what charges Vaughn will face or if he remains employed by the department.
The department said in the release that the Department fully supports Officer Vaughn’s right to due process and to defend himself against the charges, of which no pre-determined outcome has been put in place. A formal hearing will be scheduled in the future.
No other officers will be charged in the incident.
First Rochester Police Charged With Daniel Prude Case
Mark Vaughn is the First Rochester Police Officer to be charged against Daniel Prude Case.
In a lawsuit filed by Daniel Prude’s family, city attorneys have largely defended police actions by claiming it’s a new segmentation technique.
Daniel Prude was a 41-year-old African-American man who died on March 23, 2020, after being physically restrained by Rochester, New York police officers.
Daniel Prude was high on PCP when the police encountered him walking naked in the city’s streets. Later his brother Joe Prude called the police and said he was experiencing a mental health crisis.
The officers restrained him on the street for two minutes and fifteen seconds, and he stopped breathing. He received CPR on the scene and was taken to the hospital.
But he later died of complications from asphyxia after being taken off life support. His death was ruled homicide.
Mark Vaughn Biography
Mark Vaughn is a police officer from Rochester, Monroe County, New York, United States. He was one of the seven Rochester Police Department officers suspended due to their involvement in the death of Daniel Prude.
Mark is a resident of Spencerport, Monroe County, and attended Spencerport High School, where he participated in cross country and basketball.
In 2005, he helped their Demon Drill Team capture first place at the National Cadet Competition in Washington, D.C., USA. His mother, Kathy Vaughn, is a Demon Drill Team veteran.