Bodycam footage shows prison guards beating handcuffed inmate before his death
Bodycam footage shows prison guards beating handcuffed inmate before his death
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Bodycam footage showing prison officers fatally beating an inmate has been released by New York's attorney general. Prison officers at Marcy Correctional Facility in New York punched and kicked 43-year-old Robert Brooks repeatedly while he was handcuffed on an infirmary bed.
He died in hospital on 10 December, a day after the attack. The incident has drawn outrage from political leaders and was condemned by the prison officers' union as "incomprehensible", according to Sky News' partner newsroom NBC. It is now being investigated by state attorney general Letitia James, who called the videos "shocking and disturbing" at a virtual news conference.
In the video, Mr Brooks is in handcuffs as he is carried into the infirmary by several prison guards. They put him on the bed and begin repeatedly punching and kicking him. He is pulled upright, where his bloodied face is visible on camera, and then yanked from the bed by his shirt collar and pushed up against a window.
One of the fourteen workers involved in the incident has resigned and the rest have been suspended without pay until the process to fire them is complete. The workers include correctional officers, sergeants and a prison nurse. The officers had not activated their body cameras but they were still on and recorded in standby mode, without audio, during the attack.
Read more from Sky News:Elon Musk accused of censoring right-wing X accountsItalian journalist detained by Iranian policeTwo sailors die on separate yachts during race. As a result of the incident, all officers will now need to have their cameras activated any time they are engaging directly with prisoners.
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