New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has called for criminal charges to be filed and arrests to be made after an autopsy report determined Black inmate Robert Brooks’ fatal beating at the hands of correctional officers in December to be a homicide.

"I believe the legal process must quickly move forward with criminal charges being filed and arrests being made,” Gov. Kathy Hochul said.

The death of Robert Brooks, an incarcerated man beaten at Marcy Correctional Facility, has been ruled a homicide, according to the family’s attorney. Now, Governor Kathy Hochul is calling for charges to be filed,

The death of a shackled inmate at a central New York State prison late last year has been ruled a homicide, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Wednesday. Robert Brooks, 43, was brutally beaten with his hands tied behind his back by corrections officers while in custody at Marcy Correction Facility on Dec.

Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York said the autopsy results in the death of Robert Brooks, who was beaten by prison guards, should prompt the swift filing of criminal charges.