An autopsy ruled Robert Brooks' death a homicide after New York prison guards brutally assaulted him while handcuffed. A grand jury investigation is underway, with multiple officers suspended and ...

NEW YORK -- New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has called for criminal charges to be filed and arrests to be made after an autopsy report determined Black inmate Robert Brooks’ fatal beating at the ...

The death of a shackled inmate at a central New York State prison late last year has been ruled a homicide, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Wednesday. Robert Brooks, 43, was brutally beaten with his ...