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Naked protesters in upstate NY wear 'spit hoods' in solidarity with Daniel Prude

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Six naked, or near-naked, demonstrators gathered in downtown Rochester, in upstate New York, wearing "spit hoods" over their heads in solidarity with Daniel Prude, a Black man who died there in March days after police put a mesh hood over his head as he knelt naked and restrained on the street.
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