By APB Field Team
On Monday afternoon, New York State governor Kathy Hochul visited the Marcy Correctional Facility where about a half-dozen uniformed New York State Department of Correction officers on December 9 were seen on security cameras viciously beating inmate Robert Brooks – clearly showing him being punched in the face and body while being stomping on being handcuffed with his legs shackled in the infirmary.
Brooks was serving a 12-year prison sentence for assault, seems to to be unconscious and unresponsive through most of the beating. He was later taken to an area hospital, where he died the next day. In Midtown Manhattan on Monday late afternoon, Hawk Newsome, co-founder, of BLM Greater New York City, and his sister Chivona Newsome spoke at a rally outside Governors Hochul’s midtown office calling for justice in the death of Robert Brooks The APB News team was on site to witness the demonstration – the NYPD reported no arrests or issues.
“We understand that the governor went to visit Marcy Correctional Facility. That’s not enough. That’s not enough. We need jail time for these officers,” Rev. Kevin McCall told the crowd assembled on Third Avenue. “We are demanding that every single person, every single officer that had anything to do with the attack be fired and arrested,” McCall said.