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

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

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Body-camera video released of beating preceding New York prisoner’s death
Author: Edward Helmore
Published: Dec, 27 2024 18:51

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. The videos released on Friday confirm details of the incident that were listed in court documents filed by state police earlier this week, including the fact that Brooks was handcuffed as he was being beaten.

“I do not take lightly the release of this video, especially in the middle of the holiday season,” the state attorney general, Letitia James, said in a video statement. She added: “As attorney general, I release these videos because I have a responsibility and duty to provide the Brooks family, their loved ones and all New Yorkers with transparency and accountability.”.

In the body-cam footage, Brooks’s face is seen covered with blood two minutes into the incident that started when correction officers at Marcy correctional facility in Oneida county beat him. Brooks died the following morning at a Utica hospital. Ryan Paparella, a former corrections officer now heading the investigation into Brooks’s death, earlier said there was no apparent motivation for the attack, which was witnessed by two male nurses and other officers, including the sergeants, who declined to intervene.

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