The father of Robert Brooks, who died after being beaten by Marcy Correctional Facility officers, was in Albany to call for justice.
An indictment related to the fatal beating homicide of Robert Brooks, an inmate at Marcy Correctional Facility, is anticipated to be unsealed today in Oneida County Court.
Six correction officers involved in the deadly beating of an inmate at the Marcy Correctional Facility have been charged with murder, according to an indictment obtained by NewsChannel 9. 43-year-old Robert Brooks died about six hours after the attack in an infirmary room of the prison.
Officers from Marcy Correctional Facility protested working conditions, demanding an end to 16- to 24-hour shifts that sometimes stretch back-to-back.
New York's governor says prison workers are being arrested today on murder charges in the death of an inmate who was beaten while handcuffed. The beating of Robert Brooks by multiple officers at Marcy Correctional Facility in December was caught on body cameras,
A sixth correctional officer has been arraigned on murder in the second degree in the fatal beating of David Brooks, who was an inmate at Marcy Correctional Fa
A sixth correction officer, Nicholas Kieffer, has been arraigned on murder and manslaughter charges for the fatal beating of inmate Robert Brooks at Marcy Correctional Facility. Kieffer, one of ten defendants indicted, turned himself in Monday after a scheduling delay.
A total of nine corrections officers were taken into custody Thursday in the beating death of Marcy Correctional Facility inmate Robert L. Brooks, facing charges of murder, manslaughter, gang assault and more.
Assemblyman Edward Gibbs said the video is being 'shopped' to reporters to discredit him; Prison officers' union leader said his actions were inappropriate