Summary
Footage released by the New York Attorney General shows corrections officers at Marcy Correctional Facility brutally beating handcuffed inmate Robert Brooks on December 9.
Brooks, restrained throughout the 15-minute assault, died the next day, with preliminary autopsy findings citing asphyxia and actions of others as the cause of death.
14 staff members have been terminated or suspended. Some officers failed to properly activate body cameras, violating state policy.
Advocates highlight systemic abuse and racial discrimination in New York prisons, while the investigation continues.
Thank you for your honesty. It’s a rare commodity these days.
I don’t want to be thanked. What really gets to me was that I never was and never will be punished. No one will ever hold me accountable for it.
And punishing myself is just self harm insanity. So I would never do it. But I hate that I walked away and those more guilty than me walked away too.
I want punishment on me because it means they too would be punished
But instead my own freedom and lack of punishment is a permanent reminder that no justice happened in that situation