Bodycam footage of New York State prison guards at Marcy Correctional Facility fatally beating a handcuffed prisoner was released on Friday.
Robert Brooks, 43, who has been in prison since 2017 and serving a 12-year sentence for assaulting his girlfriend, was beaten by New York State prison guards on December 9. He died one day after the beating.
The New York Attorney General’s office released the graphic footage amid an investigation into the fatal beating.
The footage shows officers kicking and punching Brooks.
According to the autopsy obtained by WKTV, “preliminary findings show concern for asphyxia due to compression of the neck as the cause of death, as well as the death being due to actions of another.”
Because the officers’ bodycams were not activated, their cameras were in ‘standby mode’ and did not capture any audio. 14 workers, including officers and a prison nurse, are in the process of being fired following the fatal beating.
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Be warned, the body camera video of a New York State prison guard beat-up squad beating and choking Robert Brooks to death is brutal. Its worse than George Floyd.https://t.co/D9FXepjgkW pic.twitter.com/KNoUrScxRU
— JB Nicholas (@JasonBNicholas) December 27, 2024
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