The autopsy found that the death of a prison prison in New York, which was bonds and hit, while it attacked a correction officers, was murder, said Kathy Hochul on Wednesday.
Mrs. Hochul said that the decision should cause rapid filing of criminal charges against those who participate in the death of a man, Robert Brooks, 43, at Marcy Correctional Facility in December. She described the killing as “murder” and “terrible”.
“Those who are responsible for Mr. Brooks’ death must be responsible in full and recognize the need to build airtight prosecution to ensure that these individuals are brought to court,” the governor said in a statement. “This averted act of violence requires the full power of our judicial system. Mr. Brooks’ family does not deserve any other delay. ”
Mr. Brooks’s family also called for a criminal offense and filed a state and federal litigation against New York and people involved in its killing. Elizabeth Mazur, a family lawyer, said on Wednesday on Wednesday that “The report on autopsy confirms what was already clear: the violent death of Robert Brooks was a murder.”
Mrs. Mazur added: “We are looking forward to the prosecution of the responsible. Meanwhile, we push forward with our struggle for justice for Mr. Brooks and his family. ”
Neither Mrs. Hochul nor Mrs. Mazurová published other details about the autopsy conducted by the Medical Investigator’s Office of the Onondaga district. The spokesman of the Office referred to the questions of the district prosecutor of the district of William J. Fitzpatrick, who in the case of a special prosecutor in the case. He did not return calls looking for comment.
In December submissions in December, state police investigators said that preliminary findings from the office of the medical investigator showed “concerns about asphyxia as a result of the neck compression as the cause of death and death caused by another act”.
The attack, 9 December, was captured by cameras worn by the bodies belonging to four officers Marcy. Camera shotsIt seemed that the General Prosecutor of New York, who published, seemed that the officers were showing Mr. Brooks and forcibly picked him up and pushed him and pushed him into his throat.
Mr. Brooks was declared dead at UTICA at the beginning of the next day, the officials said. According to court documents and state records of state records in 2017 in 2017, he led a 12 -year sentence after he confessed in 2017 in Monroe County in 2017 to attack the first degree.
Before the attack, he performed a punishment in Mohawk a corrective facility, about 15 minutes of driving from Marca’s prison. Both are medium security devices. He was moved on the day he was attacked and arrived at Marca’s prison just before the start of a deadly beating.
Officials did not publicly say what the transfer caused. However, the investigator of the Repair Department said last month that Mr. Brooks was moved for “his safety” after being involved in a quarrel with other prisoners at Mohawk.
During the testimony of the investigator, the investigator came to support the state police for the so -called Red Flag Order against one officer involved in the attack. (Such orders allow the law enforcement authorities to remove weapons from people that are assumed to be potential threats to themselves or others.)
Mrs. Hochul ordered to be involved. Eighteen prison employees – 16 officers and two sisters – were suspended as a step to end. Two of the officers resigned.
Mr Fitzpatrick was appointed a special prosecutor in this case After Mrs. James returnedquoted the defense of her office with several repair officers involved in the killing of Mr. Brooks Courts filed by other prisoners.
