Iran Press/America: The gathering was held in protest of the murder of Robert Brooks by correction officers at the Marcy Correctional Facility.
Protesters in New York gathered at separate demonstrations in Manhattan and Albany on Monday, holding up signs reading “Black Lives Matter” and “Justice for Robert Brooks” days after a disturbing video of the Black inmate’s fatal beating at the hands of correctional officers was released.
Robert Brooks, a 43-year-old man serving a 12-year sentence for assault, died in the early hours of December 10 after being beaten by at least three officers at Marcy Correctional Facility, an all-male state prison in north Albany.
His death has enraged activists, one of whom called the incident a symptom of a decades-long system “designed to dehumanize the people it takes and puts behind the wall.”
Brooks’ death is the latest incident of Black people killed by police in their homes in recent years.
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