Guards 'systematically and casually' beat New York inmate to death, lawsuit says
- The son of an inmate filed a federal lawsuit claiming that New York prison guards "systematically and casually beat him to death" in a violent correctional system.
- Body camera video shows officers repeatedly punching and kicking the inmate, Brooks, while his hands were cuffed behind his back.
- Preliminary medical findings indicate that Brooks' death was due to "asphyxia due to compression of the neck" and actions of another.
- Fifteen correctional officers and two nurses were suspended without pay following the incident.
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