Graphic body camera footage released Friday sheds new light into the death of an inmate at a New York prison facility earlier this month, with corrections officers apparently unaware the footage was being recorded.
The state suspended 13 corrections department employees without pay — two sergeants, 10 corrections officers, and a nurse — earlier this month pending the outcome of investigations after Robert Brooks, 43, died Dec. 10 at a Utica, New York, hospital. Another corrections officer resigned following the incident.
Video excerpts were released Friday by Democrat New York Attorney General Letitia James, whose office is leading the investigation into Brooks’ death. Brooks had been serving a 12-year sentence after pleading guilty in 2017 to first-degree assault, according to state prison records.
Read more at Newsmax© 2024 Newsmax. All rights reserved.
