This just happened up this way a few weeks back smfh.
New York Attorney General Letitia James released body-worn camera video showing officers beating an inmate who died.
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Brooks was more than halfway through a 12-year sentence, which began in 2017, for first-degree assault.
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The videos released show Brooks being led into the Marcy Correctional Facility to a room on an examination bed. His face originally appear unscathed, but it's later bloodied and swollen. The corrections officers were seen taking turns either punching and kicking him, or standing idly by.
“These videos are shocking and disturbing, and I advise all to take appropriate care before choosing to watch them," said James.
The lawyer for the Brooks’ family — Elizabeth Mazur — said watching these videos with the family was incredibly painful.
“I just can't even imagine what it was like for them to see their brother, their son, their father's final breaths on this earth.," she said.
Mazur said Brooks was completely defenseless, adding that the action and inaction of some of the officers was troubling. "This is not a (rage-fueled) event. It seems just like everyday business, which just is very upsetting.”
The family, along with Mazur, are not sure of the details surrounding this beating. Why was Brooks treated in such a barbaric way? “It just this is so incomprehensible, you know, how? How could this happen?” she asked.
Mazur said the family is only asking for answers.
“It's hard to even know what needs to happen until we get to the bottom of how it could be that this occurred," she said.
The official cause of Brooks' death has not yet been released, but preliminary findings show concern for asphyxia due to compression of the neck.
