Body camera footage from what officials have called “an attack” that took place inside a New York state correctional facility resulting in the death of an inmate was released by the New York State Attorney General’s Office Friday.
According to New York State Attorney General Letitia James, Robert Brooks , who was serving a 12-year sentence at the Marcy Correctional Facility near Utica for stabbing his longtime girlfriend in 2016, died on Dec. 10 after an encounter with New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision officers at the facility on Dec. 9.
“As Attorney General, you have my word that we will use every possible tool available to us to investigate this death thoroughly and swiftly,” James said. “These videos are shocking and disturbing and I advise all to take appropriate care before choosing to watch them…