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US authorities release videos showing fatal beating of handcuffed New York prisoner by correctional officers
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The fatal beating of Robert Brooks, a 43-year-old inmate, occurred in a New York prison on December 9. According to multiple sources, including body-worn camera footage and an investigation by New York Attorney General Letitia James, Brooks was subjected to extreme physical abuse while handcuffed. The corrections officers involved used excessive force, including punching Brooks in the face and groin, striking him in the chest with a shoe, and lifting him by the neck, ultimately causing his death. Thirteen correction officers and a nurse have been implicated in the attack and face termination.
We will not rest until we have secured justice for Robert's memory.
We have no tolerance for individuals who cross the line, break the law, and engage in unnecessary violence or targeted abuse.
These videos are shocking and disturbing and I advise all to take appropriate care before choosing to watch them.
What we witnessed is incomprehensible to say the least and is certainly not reflective of the great work that the vast majority of our membership conducts every day.
This incident not only endangers our entire membership but undermines the integrity of our profession. We cannot and will not condone this behavior.
Robert deserved to live, and no one should face such violence in a correctional facility.
We don't need to watch this footage to know what it reveals: generations of encouraged, calculated cruelty and abuse of power that fester and metastasize behind the blue wall of silence.
For every instance caught on camera, countless more acts of violence and murder in prisons are ignored, justified, or covered up.
Too often, the violence that occurs behind prison walls remains hidden or becomes normalized in the public eye once the headlines fade.
Like everyone who has seen this video, we are horrified, angered, and deeply saddened.
