ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The family of Robert Brooks, the Greece inmate who died after corrections officers beat him at Marcy Correctional Facility, are set to announce a civil rights lawsuit.
The family will make the announcement at a news conference on Wednesday at 11 a.m. Brook’s son, brother, and attorneys will be there.
Body-worn camera video shows corrections officers beating Brooks in a medical exam room at the correctional facility in Oneida County on Dec. 9. Brooks died the next day in the hospital. So far, 17 employees at Marcy Correctional Facility have been suspended without pay or resigned. That includes two nurses.
So far, there have been no criminal charges. The Onondaga County district attorney is the special prosecutor in the investigation into Brooks’ death, since the State Attorney General’s Office recused itself. Last week, protesters gathered to demand the closing of Marcy Correctional Facility.
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