Officer body cam video shows the beating of Robert Brooks last month at Marcy Correction Facility in upstate New York.
While it’s shocking to many, it doesn’t surprise Derrick Hamilton, who spent time behind bars.
What You Need To Know
- State Assemblymember Edward Gibbs co-wrote a letter with state Sen. Julia Salazar circulating to members of the legislature requesting their signature. The letter, seen by NY1, demands that Gov. Kathy Hochul close the facility
- The officers involved in Brooks’ beating have not been charged. The final cause of death has not been released
- State Attorney General Letitia James has recused herself from the case. The office is representing some of the guards involved in a separate case
“It brought back so many memories of when I was incarcerated of hearing and seeing people abused,” Hamilton, deputy director for Perlmutter Center for Legal Justice, said…