Family of Robert Brooks, Greece inmate, plans to file
2 days ago · ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The family of Robert Brooks, the Greece inmate who corrections officers beat, says they plan to file a civil lawsuit over his death. Bodycam footage shows corrections officers ...
'Catalyst for change': Brooks Family speaks publicly for first time ...
3 days ago · ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) – The family of Robert Brooks spoke publicly for the first time since his death in the aftermath of a brutal beating at Marcy Correctional Facility earlier this month. Loved ones and activists demanding change gathered for a rally and vigil Monday night outside the Monroe County Jail in Rochester. Brooks, a Greece native, was incarcerated at the facility in 2017 ...
Bodycam footage shows corrections officers beating inmate from Greece …
Dec 27, 2024 · ONEIDA COUNTY, N.Y. — Body-worn camera footage shows corrections officers hitting an inmate, Robert Brooks of Greece, multiple times on a medical exam table, just hours before he died.
One corrections officer resigns, 13 suspended after death of Greece …
Dec 25, 2024 · The man, identified as Robert Brooks, died in the hospital on December 10, the day after the event. He was serving a sentence for assault after a 2016 stabbing in Greece.
UPDATED: Marcy Correctional Facility Inmate Dies After 'Use of …
Dec 16, 2024 · New York State DOCCS has identified the inmate as 43-year-old Robert Brooks of Monroe County. Brooks was serving a sentence of 12 years for assault stemming from a 2016 stabbing in Greece. The official cause of death will be released by the medical examiner.
Hochul calls for firing of officers after Robert Brooks prison death
Dec 23, 2024 · Robert Brooks was serving a 12-year sentence at the Marcy Correctional Facility near Utica. He died after an encounter with officers at the prison.
New footage in Robert Brooks case at Marcy, public release soon
Dec 23, 2024 · Gov. Kathy Hochul has called for the termination of 14 employees at Marcy Correctional Facility after footage was unearthed that preceded the death of inmate Robert Brooks.
Gov. Hochul calls for 14 employees' firing after Robert Brooks' …
Dec 24, 2024 · Who was Robert Brooks? Brooks was serving a 12-year sentence after being convicted of assault in the first degree and had been in DOCCS custody since March 2017, according to a statement from...
Inmate who died after ‘use of force’ by corrections workers in NY ...
Dec 16, 2024 · The inmate is Robert L. Brooks, 43, according to Thomas Mailey, a spokesperson for the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision. Brooks, originally of Greece in Monroe...
Robert Brooks: New York governor orders firing of prison staffers …
Dec 22, 2024 · New York’s governor has ordered more than a dozen prison staffers to be fired over the fatal beating of an inmate earlier this month.
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