Summary
Footage released by the New York Attorney General shows corrections officers at Marcy Correctional Facility brutally beating handcuffed inmate Robert Brooks on December 9.
Brooks, restrained throughout the 15-minute assault, died the next day, with preliminary autopsy findings citing asphyxia and actions of others as the cause of death.
14 staff members have been terminated or suspended. Some officers failed to properly activate body cameras, violating state policy.
Advocates highlight systemic abuse and racial discrimination in New York prisons, while the investigation continues.
The main reason all cops are considered bastards is that the nice cop has first hand experience of bad cops doing things blatantly illegal but doesn’t report them. The moment a scandal happens, they all close ranks and protect each other.
If I see a coworker doing something wildly inappropriate, I report him because I’m not a bastard.
700k coppers in the states, the nicer ones have all protected bastards?
“Policing Enables Bastards” gets away from Sith-like absolutist language that has to be argued