HORRIFIC camera footage shows the moment prison guards fatally beat a handcuffed inmate.
Robert Brooks died a day after a video showed him being punched, kicked and lifted by the neck in a prison interrogation room.
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The video showed Robert Brooks bleedingCredit: AFP
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One guard can be seen holding Brooks as officers try to move him Credit: AFP
The shocking video was released by New York’s attorney general while the incident is now under investigation.
Brooks’ family said they wanted the public to see the horror video to see the “extreme” attack.
The family’s attorney, Elizabeth Mazur, said: “Mr. Brooks was fatally, violently beaten by a group of police officers whose job it was to protect him.”
The video, taken by four guards present during the December 9 beating, shows Brooks handcuffed and held as he is punched in the face and stomped in the gut.
Other officers stand by and watch as the prisoner continues to be abused and blood starts to flow from his face during the 30-minute episode.
The guard appears to pick him up by the neck and hold him down to force him to sit on the exam table, the video shows.
Brooks is forced upright and held against the wall before being returned to the table in his underwear, appearing unconscious and limp.
The brutal attack happened at Marcy Correctional Facility on December 9 in an examination room.
Brooks, 43, served a 12-year sentence for the attack, the New York Post reports.
Brooks was taken to Wynn Hospital in Utica early on the morning of Dec. 10 and pronounced dead from “neck compression asphyxiation,” Syracuse.com reported.
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The shocking video was released by New York State Attorney Letitia James, and the incident is now under investigation.
At a press conference on Friday, James said: “My deepest condolences go out to the family of Mr Brooks.
“I do not take the release of this video lightly, especially in the middle of the holiday season.”
James said Brooks was transferred from the Mohawk Correctional Facility in Rome, NY, to Marcy about 12 miles away on the day of the incident.
State Penitentiary Commissioner Daniel Martuscello III slammed the officers and described the video in the harshest terms.
He said: “This was murder and people will answer for it.
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A prison guard can be seen stomping on Brooks’ chest Credit: New York State Attorney’s Office
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Brooks died the next day at the hospital after being beatenCredit: New York State Attorney’s Office
“These individuals do not represent the culture of DOCCS (New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision) or anything that DOCCS stands for.”
At the request of Gov. Kathy Hochul, Martuscello said he has begun the process of firing the guards and has already suspended 13 without pay.
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Brooks Mazur’s family attorney said the public “can now see for themselves the horrific and extreme nature of the fatal attack on Robert L. Brooks.”
She added, “He deserved to live, and everyone else who lives at Marcy Correctional Facility deserves to know that they don’t have to live in fear of violence at the hands of prison staff.”
Benny Boscio, president of the Prison Officers Benevolent Association, said the officers are “a disgrace to our profession.
“This incident is completely contrary to the values ​​we hold dear and the oath we take as prison officers, to provide care, custody and control on behalf of everyone in our institutions.”
“Our hearts go out to the Brooks family at this painful time.”
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Staff can be seen punching Brooks as he lies on the table Credit: New York State Attorney’s Office
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The attack took place at the state prison Marcy Correctional Facility in New YorkCredit: Getty
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