ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A Rochester man previously arrested during a protest over Daniel Prude’s death is now accused by federal prosecutors of posting incendiary messages and instructions to make a Molotov cocktail.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in western New York on Friday charged Ryan Howe of Rochester of intending to incite a riot by making provocative Facebook posts.
The posts was made after a grand jury in Louisville declined to charge police officers in the killing of Breonna Taylor.
The charges come as U.S. authorities aggressively pursue federal charges against protesters.