US EditionGuards 'systematically and casually' beat New York inmate to death, lawsuit says
- The son of an inmate filed a federal lawsuit claiming that New York prison guards "systematically and casually beat him to death" in a violent correctional system.
- Body camera video shows officers repeatedly punching and kicking the inmate, Brooks, while his hands were cuffed behind his back.
- Preliminary medical findings indicate that Brooks' death was due to "asphyxia due to compression of the neck" and actions of another.
- Fifteen correctional officers and two nurses were suspended without pay following the incident.
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Federal lawsuit filed against prison guards who beat New York inmate to death
The son of an inmate who died after a prolonged beating by New York prison guards said in a federal lawsuit Wednesday that his father’s attackers “systematically and casually beat him to death” in a correctional system that tolerates violence.
Family Sues Prison Guards Over Fatal Beating
The son of an inmate who died after a prolonged beating by New York state prison guards said in a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday that his father's attackers "systematically and casually beat him to death" in a correctional system that tolerates violence. Robert Brooks, 43, died on Dec. 10, a...
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Guards 'systematically and casually' beat New York inmate to death, lawsuit says
The son of an inmate who died after a prolonged beating by New York prison guards said in a federal lawsuit Wednesday that his father’s attackers “systematically and casually beat him to death” in a correctional system that tolerates violence.
Son of man who was beaten by corrections officers at N.Y. prison says father’s death was murder
Son of man who was beaten by corrections officers at N.Y. prison says father's death was murder The son of Robert L. Brooks Sr., an inmate who died after being beaten by prison guards in an upstate New York facility while he was handcuffed on a medical examination table, described what he saw in the video of his father's beating as "torture ... anger and overall hate." "They murdered my father, they robbed him from me. He doesn't get to come hom…
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