Prison guards sentenced for brutal beating death of Black inmate in New . . . The four had pleaded guilty in September, just two weeks before the start of the trial for a group of guards accused in the death of Robert Brooks, who was pummeled while handcuffed at the Marcy Correctional Facility on Dec 9 The beating of the restrained 43-year-old man triggered outrage and calls for reform
4 guards sentenced in brutal beating death of an incarcerated Black man . . . Four prison guards involved in the death of an incarcerated Black man whose brutal beating at an upstate New York prison last year was captured on body-cam videos were each sentenced Friday to prison terms The four had pleaded guilty in September, just two weeks before the start of the trial for a group of guards accused in the death of Robert Brooks, who was pummeled while handcuffed at the