Body-camera video released of beating preceding New York prisoner’s death

Robert Brooks died after 9 December encounter captured by cameras worn by four of 14 corrections officers present

Footage from body cameras worn by four of more than a dozen correction officers present when the New York prisoner Robert Brooks was allegedly assaulted has been released by the state attorney general’s office.

Fourteen corrections department employees – two sergeants, 10 correction officers and a nurse – were suspended earlier this month pending the outcome of investigations after Brooks, 43, died following the 9 December encounter.