Body camera footage showing the fatal beating of Robert Brooks by New York state corrections officers at Marcy Correctional Facility has sparked outrage and condemnation. Experts who reviewed the video say it demonstrates a clear misuse of force, with officers repeatedly punching and kicking Brooks while he was handcuffed. The incident is under investigation by the New York Attorney General’s Office, and at least one officer involved has resigned.
Body camera footage documenting the fatal beating of Robert Brooks at the hands of New York state corrections officers has triggered an outpouring of rage and condemnations — and analysis from experts who said the video shows a misuse of force by officers. Brooks, a man incarcerated at the Marcy Correctional Facility in central New York , was pronounced dead in the early hours of December 10 at a Utica hospital.
Brutal attack on prisoner caught on bodycam. The New York Attorney General’s Office of Special Investigations has opened an investigation into Brooks’ death. Attorney General Letitia James pledged Friday to “use every possible tool available to us to investigate this death thoroughly and swiftly” and described the footage of the beating as “shocking and disturbing”.
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