Six New York prison workers were charged with second-degree murder for beat-beat-beating a handcuffed imprisoned man, while four others were charged with less crime.
Robert Brooks' be-slam by multiple officers at Mercy Correctional Facility in December was caught up in body cameras, causing widespread rage and sought justice.
Some of the corrections officers were handcuffed to Utica Court, hearing the plea and considering the bond. Special Prosecutor, Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick, began detailing the charges in court Thursday afternoon.
According to court documents, Nicholas Anzalon, David Kingsley, Anthony Farina, Christopher Wallas and Matthew Garriher were among those charged with second-degree murder. The names of the sixth person indicted have been edited, so it is unclear if they are security guards.
All six were charged with first-time manslaughter. In other words, prosecutors believe they are criminally liable for the actions of others.
After some of the corrections officers were released on bonds, one man said: “This is not justice, judges. These people killed black people,” he left the court. After screaming “Murder, murder,” a woman was taken away.
Body camera video shows the officer smacking Brooks. The officer slams him into the chest with his shoes and lifts him up with his neck to drop him. There is no sound in the video recorded on the night of December 9th, but the guards give out a punishment and see it appear indifferent. Brooks, 43, passed away the next day.
An autopsy report issued by the county medical inspector's office in January shows that Brooks' death was caused by neck compression and multiple dull injuries, and according to lawyers for Brooks' family, the way of death was murder. I concluded that it was determined that there was.
Amendment Officer Matthew Galliher was further charged with gang assault. Three other prison guards were charged with a crime with less manslaughter. This means that prosecutors believe they did not commit the murder, but they believe they are criminally responsible for the actions of others to some extent. Those include Michael Mashaw, Michael Fisher and David Walters.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced the murder charges in a statement early Thursday afternoon.
“Robert Brooks should be alive today. I was tired of the brutal attack on Mr. Brooks, so I immediately moved to end the employment of those involved. The perpetrator is currently a murder charge. They are being charged and the state police are arresting them,” she said.
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According to prison officials, the announcement of the murder came on the fourth day of the Wildcat strike.
“This incident is a calm reminder of the challenges our corrections system is facing. I worked with the commissioner. [Daniel] Martuscello [of New York’s department of corrections and community supervision] “We're talking about safety reforms, including installing new security cameras, strengthening special investigation offices and increasing compensation for hard-working amendments,” Hochul said in a statement Thursday.
Hochul had ordered state officials to launch a lawsuit to fire more than 12 employees involved in the attack on Brooks.
Brooks had been sentenced to 12 years since 2017 for first-degree assault. He arrived at a prison 200 miles (320 km) northwest of New York City a few hours before the assault. I said.
Brooks' son, Robert Brooks Jr., in a federal lawsuit filed in January that the prison system tolerated violence, claiming that his father's attacker “die systematically and casually” insisted.
