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Brutal body camera footage shows a handcuffed inmate being beaten unconscious by prison guards before he’s stripped down to his underwear — a fatal attack that’s now under investigation by New York’s top prosecutor. The sickening recordings were made public by Attorney General Letitia James Friday showing three correction officers repeatedly punching, kicking and stomping on Robert Brooks in an examination room on Dec. 9 at upstate prison Marcy Correctional Facility. Brooks, 43, who was serving time for assault, died of injuries the next day. It’s unclear what sparked the beatdown. “My deepest condolences to out to Mr. Brooks’ family,” James said at a press conference Friday. “I do not take lightly the release of this video especially in the middle of the holiday season.” But she added that she has a “duty and responsibility” to provide the public with the video. The videos, taken from four jail guards, show the officers surrounding Brooks, who was handcuffed from behind, in the exam room before three of them begin punching him in the face and stomach and even stomping him in his lower torso area. Several other officers could be seen standing by doing nothing despite Brooks having blood streaming down the right side of his swollen face. During the approximately 30-minute incident, Brooks was roughly handled, with one guard appearing to hold him in a chokehold for a moment as he was forced to sit up on the exam table. At one point, Brooks is brought to the wall where officers hold him there for a while, though the officers’ bodies obscure what is happening. Brooks was eventually brought back to the exam table where he was stripped down to his underwear appearing unconscious and limp, the video shows. None of the videos include any sound since the cameras were only in standby mode, James explained. Brooks was eventually taken to Wynn Hospital in Utica and declared dead from “asphyxia due to compression of the neck,” in the early morning of Dec. 10, Syracuse.com reported, citing the Onondaga County Medical Examiner’s Office . James said her officer is “investigating this case thoroughly” and said her team met with Brooks’ family so they could review the footage of what happened. Brooks had been transferred from Mohawk Correctional Facility in Rome, NY to Marcy Correctional Facility roughly 12 miles away the day of the incident, James said. Brooks was serving a 12-year sentence after he was convicted of first-degree assault in 2017 for stabbing his girlfriend multiple times, the Democrat & Chronicle reported at the time . The state corrections Commissioner Daniel Martuscello III said he was “deeply repulsed and nauseated” by what he saw in the footage. “There is no excuse and no rationalization for a vulgar, inhumane act that senselessly took a life,” Martuscello said. He said the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision was conducting an internal probe and that they would be implementing changes “to ensure that nothing like this can ever happen again within our facilities.” The commissioner also said, at Gov. Kathy Hochul’s request, he began the process of firing those involved and so far had suspended 13 staffers without pay. One employee resigned, he said. “This was a killing, and people will be held accountable,” Martuscello said. “These individuals are not representative of the culture of DOCCS nor anything that DOCCS stands for.” Rev. Al Sharpton condemned the “horrifying” attack of Brooks and called for criminal charges to be mounted against them. “These officers clearly thought they were within their right to hit Brooks in the stomach with the heel of a boot, level punches at his face or torso, and throw him around like a ragdoll — all with his hands behind his back.” Sharpton said. “Their actions in this tape not only justify their firing but should merit appropriate criminal charges.” Officials in New York City increased security on Rikers Island in anticipation of the footage getting released as the Gorilla Stone Bloods came out supporting Brooks on social media, according to law enforcement sources who it raised concerns this could stir up unrest in the city jail. Brooks is not a member of the gang. A lawyer for Brooks’ family didn’t immediately return a request for comment Friday. Additional reporting by Larry CelonaDETROIT − When a new movie arrives about Flint, Mich., it's usually yet another documentary on the water crisis that has defined the city in the public eye for the past decade. But that's not the case with "The Fire Inside," a film that may put Flint on the map for beating the odds. The gritty, compelling biopic tells the story of Claressa Shields, the two-time Olympic boxing champion who has gone on to win all 15 of her matches as a professional. Shields says it's "about triumph, victory" and "shows the resilience of the people of Flint." "That's how I got to where I am," she says. Shields is 29, but to her hometown, she remains the young girl with an unlikely dream who worked and worked until she made it a reality. "They still see me as that 11-year-old kid that was walking around ... asking for donations to make it to these big tournaments," she says. "Some people gave one hundred (dollars), some people gave a dollar, some gave 10 cents, some gave prayer. But all of it helped me get to where I am. I always want to pay homage to that." On this morning, Shields is sitting on a hotel couch with Ryan Destiny, the rising Detroit actress who portrays her in the film, and Rachel Morrison, the Oscar-nominated cinematographer of "Fruitvale Station" and "Black Panther," who makes her directing debut with "The Fire Inside." The three women express their mutual admiration during a conversation about the drama, with Shields providing much of the candor and humor. She says she initially was disappointed to find out the film would open on Christmas Day, not realizing that Dec. 25 is a popular release date for movies considered awards contenders. "Somebody was like, 'Claressa, the best movies come out on Christmas Day.' And I'm like, 'Oh, (expletive), you're right!" she says as Destiny and Morrison join her in laughter. Starring Destiny as Shields and Brian Tyree Henry as her coach, Jason Crutchfield, the movie details the obstacles faced by the aspiring young boxer (which include a dysfunctional home environment and financial insecurity) as she goes from learning the basics of the sport at age 11 to competing at the 2012 London Olympics at 17. Once she brings home the gold and becomes the first U.S. woman to do so, Shields is confronted by another fierce opponent. The young Black female boxer faces the bias that closes the doors to endorsement deals and wider fame. Although she deserves both, Shields knows she won't get them unless she fights against the gaps in fairness and equity. Shields would go on to another win at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, becoming the only U.S. boxer, male or female, to earn back-to-back gold medals at the games. By then, she'd been the subject of a documentary, "T-Rex: Her Fight for Gold." (Shields got the nickname T-Rex early on for her short arms and aggressive punching style.) "The Fire Inside," inspired by the documentary, was written by Oscar-winning "Moonlight" filmmaker Barry Jenkins. He also was brought in to possibly direct, but he felt that a woman, specifically Morrison, should be in the directing chair. Morrison already had made Oscar history by becoming the first woman nominated in the cinematography category for 2017's "Mudbound." Filming on "The Fire Inside" began in 2020 and lasted two days before the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown went into effect. Shooting resumed two years later, after the project moved from Universal to Amazon MGM. "The simplest way to put it is that the story of making the movie mirrors a bit of" Shields' journey, says Morrison of the delays. When the film finally debuted at Toronto Film Festival in September, it earned strong notices for its emotional impact. The Guardian raved that "this is a living, breathing drama of real people and real emotions and one that therefore has real heft to it." Both Destiny, who grew up in Detroit, and Morrison say they felt a bond to Shields' story, in different ways. "The fact that we're the same age is crazy," says Destiny, noting that she, like Shields, began striving for success as a tween. The actress, who has appeared in the Fox series "Star" and the movie "A Girl Like Grace" with Meagan Good and Garcelle Beauvais, also relates to Shields as a young Black woman from an underdog city. Detroit is "an amazing place to be from," Destiny says, "but I don't think people understand or respect it because they don't know enough about these places (like Detroit and Flint)." For Morrison, there was resonance in the fact that Shields had to keep proving herself long after a man in the same career path would have. "This idea that it's not enough just to be good at what you do, but you also have all these other hoops you have to jump through." The delays in filming wound up giving Destiny more time for training and honing her ability to convincingly depict Shields in the ring. The actress, who delivers a breakout performance, says transforming herself physically for the role involved "definitely a lot of sweat, definitely a lot of time. Blood, sweat and tears, as you would say. That is definitely how it went for me." Shields gives Destiny high marks for realism. "She was doing her scene of running down the street. And people were texting me and calling me, and I was like, 'What do you guys want?' And they're like, 'Are you in Flint?' No. 'Is that not you running down the street?' No, it's not. It was one of those moments where (I knew) she was doing a good job." Under Morrison's direction, "The Fire Inside" gives viewers a vivid sense of what Shields was going through internally − and sometimes hiding behind a tough, impassive exterior − on her path to the Olympics. There's an intimacy and empathy to the film's focus on Shields that can be missing from classic male-driven boxing dramas. "I really wanted to have the audience feel like they were experiencing it from her perspective," Morrison says. Shields says she didn't interfere with the filmmaking process and trusted Destiny and Morrison to get it right. "I'm a person that believes if we all do our jobs, everybody's job gets done. I think when we start crossing lines is when stuff gets messed up." When Shields finally watched the film at a private screening in Los Angeles, she tried to approach it as a moviegoer, not the main character. She cried at times and clenched her fist at other parts as she felt the emotions being portrayed on the screen. She says she left impressed by the "great job" done by Destiny, Morrison and Jenkins. Not long after that screening in January, Shields finally was able to meet Destiny in person. Although they previously had talked over the phone, texted and chatted on FaceTime, they had never been face to face. Destiny, who was having a birthday party, asked Shields whether she would like to meet there. "I thought to myself ... 'Wow, if she hates this, this is going to be really awkward,' " Destiny recalls with a laugh. Not to worry. Shields has nothing but raves for Destiny's acting. "She did a very great job. The clothing, the confidence, the hair, the ferociousness, the attitude. I had the attitude back then. I still have it now." Perhaps her highest praise is that Destiny's performance was authentic outside and inside the ring. "It shows how great of an actress that she is, because some parts were happy, some were sad, some were tough and rough," Shields says. "And to see her even when punches are being thrown at her, she's not blinking. Boxers do that. Real boxers." Destiny says she feels changed by the whole experience of "The Fire Inside." So does Morrison, who says, "You have a real-life superhero right here and we got to tell that story. It was such a gift." The movie has a strong message on the power of persistence and believing in yourself. Says Shields: "When I was getting ready for the 2016 Olympics, everybody kept saying, 'It's impossible for an American (boxer) to win two Olympic gold medals (back to back). It's never happened and it's not going to happen now. Claressa, you've got to know that. What you're trying to do is not possible." So Shields wrote down the word "impossible" and kept looking at it. "I said, 'What is most important about this word? At the beginning of the word impossible is .... I'm.' You take that off, what does it say? It's possible.'" Destiny, sitting to the right of Shields, joins in by saying, "I am possible." The fire inside these women is still going strong.
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The Los Angeles Lakers ' decision to draft Bronny James , the oldest son of Lakers superstar LeBron James , with the 55th pick of the 2024 NBA Draft raised eyebrows and drew criticism in the moment. With the season now fully in swing, the team's handling of the younger James is drawing a new sort of criticism. The Lakers recently made the decision to have James play for the team's G-League affiliate, South Bay, but for home games only. When South Bay hits the road, James is called back up to the NBA roster. NBA legend and Hall of Famer Charles Barkley had some pointed criticism of the Lakers' plan, saying the situation was unfair to everyone from James, to his teammates, to the coaching staff. "The kid is not ready to play in the NBA," Barkley said in a recent appearance on The Bettor Angle . "He should be in the G-League so he can play basketball. "And also, this thing where he's only gonna play homes games. It's stupid, it's not fair to him. It's not fair to the team. Can you imagine the coach of that team? You come off a road trip and you have a player you haven't seen in a week or two. And then you probably feel like you gotta play him. I don't think they are doing Bronny any favors. They have just handled this thing very bad. It's a bad look for the Lakers. I really like everything LeBron has done. But it's a bad look for him [too], in my opinion." James' role for the Lakers has been extremely limited in his rookie season. In six games, he's played a total of 16 minutes and made one of his six attempts from the field. In his two G-League games, James has seen the floor much more. He's averaging 28.5 minutes per game but is only 4-for-19 from the field, including 0 of 6 from 3, with six assists, five rebounds and three steals. In late October, Lakers coach JJ Redick told the Associated Press that splitting James' time between the NBA and G-League squads has always been the plan. "The plan for Bronny to move between the Lakers and South Bay has always been the plan since day one," Redick said. "(General manager) Rob (Pelinka) and I have talked about that. LeBron's talked about that."
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