#Rochester cop reportedly arrested protester for ‘being an idiot’

A Rochester activist who tried to crash a city press conference amid protests over the police death of Daniel Prude was told she was being locked up for “being an idiot,” according to a report.

Black Lives Matter organizer Stanley Martin, who is also a member of the group Free the People Roc, was among a group of activists who attempted to get into the city Public Safety Building where Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren was due to brief reporters about the unrest, WXXI-TV reported.

“No, no, stop it!” Martin shouted as a cop chased her out of the room.

“You want to get tased?” the officer responded. “All right, you’re going to get tased.”

The cop pointed the taser at the activist but holstered it after others in the building urged him to do so.

“You’re arresting me for what?” Matin asked.

“Being an idiot,” the officer shot back.

“You’re a racist pig,” Martin answered.

Martin was then told that she was being charged with trespassing.

The protests were sparked by the release of police bodycam footage Wednesday of the arrest of Prude, who died on March 30, one week after the visibly disturbed 41-year-old was retrained and held down until he stopped moving and became brain dead.

The medical examiner ruled his death a homicide.

Rochester police said in a statement early Thursday that nine people had been arrested during protests, including for trespassing.

Martin’s arrest came after she and other protesters, including Free the People Roc organizer Ashley Gantt, entered the government building following a news conference outside City Hall, WXXI said.

“This is a public building, we can come in,” Gantt told police. “Where is the law that says we can’t come in?”

The standoff came as police were forced to postpone a “Police Community Relations” public forum that had been scheduled for Wednesday night in a local church. The forum was to address “the future of community policing.”