Horrific bodycam footage shows how an inmate was fatally beaten to death by prison guards who savagely punched and kicked him as he lay shackled and helpless.
Robert Brooks, 43, was pronounced dead on December 10, the morning after the brutal assault at the Marcy Correctional Facility in Oneida County.
His final, agonizing moments were caught on body worn cameras used by prison officers which showed the attack as well as several prison wardens failing to intervene.
Thirteen correction officers and a nurse implicated in the attack will face termination, according to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, who said she was ‘outraged and horrified’ by videos of the ‘senseless killing.’
The footage was made public Friday by the New York Attorney General Letitia James and shows three correction officers carrying Brooks aloft into a medical examination room.
Once inside, they repeatedly punching Brooks in the face and groin as he sits handcuffed on a medical examination table.
At one point one of the officers shoves his boot into Brooks’ stomach, forcing him backwards, while another yanks him up by his neck and drops him back on the table.
As he becomes limp and unresponsive, another officer enters and shackles his ankles with a chain.
They then haul him into a corner and are seen struggling to keep him upright as his body lolls backwards.
He is placed back on the medical table, but remains unresponsive even as the guards try to rouse him.
The officers then remove the his shirt and pants as he lies motionless and bloodied on his back.
Equally disturbing is the number of officers who witness the attack and no nothing to intervene.
Brooks was declared dead at a hospital the following morning.
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.
The final results of the autopsy are still pending.
