Robert Brooks: Shocking footage reveals moment prison officers beat handcuffed man before his death Shocking footage reveals the moment that a group of prison guards in New York beat a handcuffed man a day before his death.
Footage made public on Friday shows correctional officers repeatedly punching Mr Brooks in the face and groin as he sits handcuffed on a medical examination table.
A lawyer for Mr Brooks’ family, Elizabeth Mazur, said that members of the public “can now view for themselves the horrific and extreme nature of the deadly attack on Robert L. Brooks”.
“As viewers can see, Mr Brooks was fatally, violently beaten by a group of officers whose job was to keep him safe,” Ms Mazur said.
Preliminary findings from a medical examination indicate “concern for asphyxia due to compression of the neck as the cause of death, as well as the death being due to actions of another,” according to court filings.
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