City of Rochester pays $1.75M to protester blinded in one eye
The use of tear gas by police during 2020 demonstrations over the death of Daniel Prude is among the issues in a lawsuit filed against the city of Rochester, Monroe County and Sheriff Todd Baxter. (WHEC file)
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The city of Rochester has settled a lawsuit for $1.75 million with Noah Pointer-Gamory, who claims a police pepper ball incident left him blind in one eye.
The settlement, reached in August, does not imply any admission of liability or fault by the city.
Pointer-Gamory was involved in the Black Lives Matter protests in Rochester, which followed the public revelation of Daniel Prude’s death during a police encounter. The protests led to numerous lawsuits against the police, including one alleging that tear gas used by the Rochester Police Department (RPD) and Monroe County Sheriff’s deputies caused a miscarriage.
News10NBC has reached out to the RPD, their officers’ union, and Pointer-Gamory for comments on the settlement. We are still awaiting their responses.
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