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After the new bail reform laws took effect in January, some areas of the state started to report a rise in crime, particularly in New York City.

Sixteen people were arrested Wednesday after a standoff outside City Hall between Rochester police and the protesters calling for justice in the death of Daniel Prude.

There was a standoff, with demonstrators facing off against police. RPD says they did use pepper balls after bottles and rocks were thrown at them.

The group marched, as they have on previous nights, to the front of the Public Safety Building, which saw hundreds of people again chanting, talking, and taking part in a peaceful demonstration.

The amendment would be part of a federal spending bill.

"You’re locking my friends in cages when they need to be in hospital rooms.”

Online video shows men grabbing a woman during a demonstration and hauling her away in an unmarked van. Police said they arrested the woman on suspicion of damaging police cameras.

“They ignore us, they issue edicts, having no idea what the unintended consequences are going to be."

The proposed Cariol's Law, which she and her peers first introduced June 30, would make it mandatory for police officers to intervene and stop acts of brutality by fellow officers.

54% of Black respondents supported defunding police departments, compared to 24% of white respondents.