FROM AIRLINES THAT SEVERAL FLIGHT ATTENDANTS DID NEED TO
GET TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.
THE FAA IS INVESTIGATING.
>> THANK YOU.
>>> TO THE DEATH OF AN INMATE
AT A PRISON IN NEW YORK AFTER
HE WAS BEATEN BY CORRECTION
OFFICERS.
NEW YORK’S ATTORNEY GENERAL
RELEASED BODY CAM VIDEO AND
CALLED WHAT HAPPENED SHOCKING
AND DISTURBING.
HERE IS SAM BROCK.
WARNING, THIS VIDEO IS GRAPHIC.
>> NEWLY RELEASED SHOCKING
VIDEO SHOWS THESE CORRECTIONAL
OFFICERS FATALLY BEATING AN
INMATE, ROBERT BROOKS.
THE FOOTAGE REDACTED SHOWS
OFFICERS REPEATEDLY KICKING AND
PUNCHING BROOKS IN THE LEGS AND
CHEST AND TRYING TO JAM AN
OBJECT DOWN HIS THROAT.
NEW YORK’S ATTORNEY GENERAL
SAYS BROOKS WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD
DECEMBER 10th A DAY AFTER THE
INTERACTIONS WITH CORRECTIONAL
OFFICERS WAS REPORTED.
>> I DO NOT TAKE LIGHTLY THE
RELEASE OF THE VIDEO.
>> THE VIDEO DOESN’T HAVE AUDIO
BECAUSE THE OFFICERS INVOLVED
FAILED TO PROPERLY ACTIVATE
THEIR BODY CAMERAS.
IT BEGINS WITH BROOKS BEING
CARRIED INSIDE HANDCUFFED AND
FACE DOWN.
HE IS RAISED UP AND PUNCHED IN
VARIOUS PARTS OF HIS BODY.
BROOKS WAS SERVING A 12 YEAR
SENTENCE FOR STABBING HIS
GIRLFRIEND.
HIS ATTORNEY SAYS HIS DEATH IS
INCOMPREHENSIBLE.
>> I WAS THERE WITH MR. BROOKS
SON AND FATHER AND BROTHER.
THEY ALL WATCH THE VIDEO AS
WELL.
IT’S THE OVERWHELMING SHOCK --
IT JUST FELT SO UNCOMFORTABLE.
>> NBC NEWS HAS NOT BEEN ABLE
TO REACH ATTORNEYS FOR THE 14
PEOPLE UNDER INVESTIGATION, BUT
THE PRESIDENT FOR THE
ASSOCIATION ADDED A SHARPLY
WORDED STATEMENT.
THE EGREGIOUS AND REPUGNANT
ACTIONS OF THE OFFICERS WHO
COMMITTED THIS HEINOUS AND
FATAL ASSAULT DOES NOT IN
ANYWAY REFLECT THE VALUES OF
THE VAST MAJORITY OF CORRECTION
OFFICERS INCLUDING MY MEMBERS.
>> 13 PERSONNEL ARE CURRENTLY
SUSPENDED WITHOUT PAY, ANOTHER