MARCY N.Y. (WROC) — December 9 marks one year since the brutal beating of inmate Robert Brooks by prison guards while handcuffed at Marcy Correctional Facility. Brooks died the next day from injuries sustained.
Brooks, a Rochester native, was undergoing a transfer from another state prison when he was pummeled by corrections officers, with the attack captured on body-worn cameras last December.
In Albany, the End Prison Violence Coalition hosted a Day of Remembrance for Brooks and other individuals who have lost their lives to state violence…