The New York Attorney General’s Office released on Friday excerpts of bodycam footage from a Dec. 9 incident where a handcuffed inmate was brutally beaten by a group of corrections officers at Marcy Correctional Facility in Oneida.
43-year-old Robert Brooks died the following day from “asphyxia due compression of the neck” and his death was ruled a result of “actions of another.”
The footage reportedly shows multiple officers holding the inmate, who had his arms and legs restrained, upright on an exam table and punching and kicking him several times.
“Members of the public can now view for themselves the horrific and extreme nature of the deadly attack on Robert L. Brooks,” said Brooks’ family’s attorney Elizabeth Mazur.
“As viewers can see, Mr. Brooks was fatally, violently beaten by a group of officers whose job was to keep him safe,”
“He deserved to live, and everyone else living in Marcy Correctional Facility deserves to know they do not have to live in fear of violence at the hands of prison staff.”
Gov. Kathy Hochul ordered the termination of 14 prison staffers in connection to the incident.
“Like all New Yorkers, I was outraged and horrified after seeing footage of the senseless killing of Robert Brooks,” she said.
“The State of New York has zero tolerance for individuals who break the law, and I am committed to holding everyone involved fully accountable.”
