Body-camera video released of beating preceding New York prisoner’s death

Robert Brooks died after 9 December encounter captured by cameras worn by four of 14 corrections officers presentFootage from body cameras worn by four of more than a dozen correction officers present when the New York prison inmate Robert Brooks was allegedly assaulted has been released by the state attorney general’s office.Fourteen corrections department employees – two sergeants, 10 corrections officers and a nurse – were suspended earlier this month pending the outcome of investigations after Brooks, 43, died following the 9 December encounter. Continue reading...

Dec 28, 2024 - 02:30
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Body-camera video released of beating preceding New York prisoner’s death

Robert Brooks died after 9 December encounter captured by cameras worn by four of 14 corrections officers present

Footage from body cameras worn by four of more than a dozen correction officers present when the New York prison inmate Robert Brooks was allegedly assaulted has been released by the state attorney general’s office.

Fourteen corrections department employees – two sergeants, 10 corrections officers and a nurse – were suspended earlier this month pending the outcome of investigations after Brooks, 43, died following the 9 December encounter.

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