Summary

Footage released by the New York Attorney General shows corrections officers at Marcy Correctional Facility brutally beating handcuffed inmate Robert Brooks on December 9.

Brooks, restrained throughout the 15-minute assault, died the next day, with preliminary autopsy findings citing asphyxia and actions of others as the cause of death.

14 staff members have been terminated or suspended. Some officers failed to properly activate body cameras, violating state policy.

Advocates highlight systemic abuse and racial discrimination in New York prisons, while the investigation continues.

  • @Eheran
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    -94 days ago

    I have seen enough body cam videos from the USA to know that not ACAB. Some were nicer than I would have been when someone behaved like that. There are public, even on YouTube, if you want to take a look. Just know that some of them get shot while being this nice, because they were not ready to shot. Another problem that results from all of those guns.

    • @Grimy
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      44 days ago

      The main reason all cops are considered bastards is that the nice cop has first hand experience of bad cops doing things blatantly illegal but doesn’t report them. The moment a scandal happens, they all close ranks and protect each other.

      If I see a coworker doing something wildly inappropriate, I report him because I’m not a bastard.

      • @[email protected]
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        24 days ago

        700k coppers in the states, the nicer ones have all protected bastards?

        “Policing Enables Bastards” gets away from Sith-like absolutist language that has to be argued

      • lad
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        13 days ago

        I don’t get it, does it imply that there’s no way to tell a difference, or is there some other meaning?

        • @[email protected]
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          23 days ago

          It means there is no difference between a cop who murders and a cop who stands by and just watches the murder happen.