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Last week, CHIEF reported the death of Marcy Correctional Facility inmate Robert Brooks, who was beaten to death by prison guards just hours after being transferred to the prison. The attack was filmed and showed guards punching Brooks repeatedly in the face and groin while he was helplessly handcuffed to a table. New York State Attorney General Letitia James released the footage and sparked outrage. Today, get more details about the corrections officers who participated in the murder.
According to the New York Times, three of the guards involved had previously been accused of beating inmates in similar ways at other New York state prisons over the years. Nicholas Anzalone, one of the men accused of the Brooks beating, allegedly punched and kicked inmate Adam Bauer alongside two other sergeants who cut his head open with a clipboard. To cover up the incident, Anzalone and the sergeants allegedly told three different lies to hospital staff: that Bauer had injured himself, that another inmate had attacked Bauer, and that Bauer's injuries were caused by a seat belt. …
“I was scared to death,” Mr. Bauer, now 50, said in a telephone interview Friday. “I really thought they were going to kill me.”
Later, in 2020, Sgt. Glenn Trombly and Officer Anthony Farina, two officers involved in the Brooks beating, were accused of brutalizing inmate William Alvarez and leaving him permanently disfigured after banging his head against a wall several times and hitting him in a prison vehicle on the way to the hospital. Alvarez required reconstructive surgery to repair the damage to his face.
These men do not deserve jobs, badges, or power over other humans. They don't deserve their freedom. We hope this trial will push them all into bankruptcy and poverty. Plus, we need someone to actually reform prisons in America, because these men and women are being left behind, and no one seems to care.
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