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Dad of Robert Brooks, inmate beaten to death, goes to Albany to call for NY prison reforms
Brooks wasn’t able to join the “second-chance club,” as his father called it, after corrections officers violently beat him to death two months ago in a Central New York prison. On Thursday, Brooks' father, Robert Ricks, spoke at a joint state Assembly and Senate budget hearing held in the Legislative Office Building in Albany.
Fatal beating of shackled NY inmate Robert Brooks ruled a homicide
Robert Brooks, 43, was brutally beaten with his hands tied behind his back by corrections officers while in custody at Marcy Correction Facility on Dec. 9. At the time of the attack, he was serving a sentence for first-degree assault at the prison in Marcy. Brooks was pronounced dead Dec. 10 at a nearby hospital.
Family of Robert Brooks, beaten to death at upstate NY prison, files civil suit
The family of Robert Brooks, who was beaten to death last month at an upstate New York prison, filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the 17 officers under investigation.
Family of Robert Brooks, inmate who died after beating by guards, files wrongful death suit
The governor has ordered all state employees involved in the beating — two nurses and 16 corrections officers — to be fired.
Family of Robert Brooks speaks to lawmakers at the NYS Capitol building
The father of Robert Brooks Sr., the NYS inmate who was beaten to death on camera inside the Marcy Correctional Facility in December.
How Marcy body cameras turned a secret assault into a reckoning at NY prisons
None of the prison officers appeared to know their body cameras would passively record a vicious beating that led to the death of Robert Brooks.
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Guards "systemically and casually" beat Robert Brooks to death in New York prison, lawsuit claims
Brooks Jr. said in a federal lawsuit Wednesday that his father's attackers "systematically and casually beat him to death" in a correctional system that tolerates violence. The lawsuit said the ...
Anthony Edwards Scored 41 and Told Everyone About Dillon Brooks’s Dirty Play
Anthony Edwards scored 41 points as the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Houston Rockets 127-114 on Thursday night.
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Robert Brooks was transferred to a Marcy prison for his safety. He died after guards beat him there
Brooks did not find safety at Marcy. Multiple corrections officers violently beat him on Dec. 9 in the prison’s infirmary, repeatedly punching and kicking him in the groin, abdomen, face and back.
No. 8 Kentucky women host No. 3 Texas. How many top-five basketball teams has UK beaten?
Brooks went 3-16 against top-five opponents during his eight seasons at Virginia Tech but left on a two-game winning streak. The Hokies beat then-No. 3 North Carolina State 63-62 on Jan. 7 and 72-61 ...