Syracuse, N.Y. — One New York state corrections officer used pepper spray on the inmate. Another applied leg shackles to him.
But they did nothing as their fellow guards brutally beat inmate Robert Brooks in December 2024 at a state prison in Oneida County. Brooks died a short time later.
Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick thinks those two prison guards should have done more to protect Brooks. He argued that point in court while prosecuting them…