Demonstrators, fueled by anger over the death of Robert Brooks, an incarcerated man who was brutally beaten inside Marcy Correctional Facility, stormed a Brooklyn subway station, demanding justice and accountability from authorities.
Several protesters were arrested Wednesday evening after they stormed into a Brooklyn subway station, jumping the turnstiles in a display of fury over the killing of upstate prisoner Robert Brooks . This demonstration followed a month of escalating protests demanding action from authorities. Last month, hundreds of protesters marched outside of Gov.
Kathy Hochul’s Midtown office, issuing an ultimatum: either arrest the correction officers caught on video beating Brooks inside of Marcy Correctional Facility on December 9th or they would “shut the city down.” The demonstrators in Brooklyn aimed to keep that promise on January 22nd. “We’re out here tonight to continue to keep the pressure on,” Reverend Kevin McCall said as he and fellow demonstrators gathered outside of the Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center station just after 6 p.m. Wednesday night. “We want to make sure that every last single person responsible gets arrested. It’s been over 46 days, and no arrest has been made. So, we’re going to continue to scream his name — justice for Robert Brooks!”Reverend Kevin McCall and other advocates stated their intention to go beyond mere vocal protests and disrupt the status quo, “shutting down the bustling transit hub during rush hour.” However, the specifics of this disruption remained unclear. When the group attempted to hop the turnstile, evading the fare, they were met by a large contingent of police officers. “Justice for Robert Brooks!” protesters called out from both sides of the turnstile. As the cops marched those arrested to an awaiting van outside of the station, several more protesters engaged in heated confrontations with police, although no additional arrests were made. “Robert Brooks was a black incarcerated person, and his life mattered, and that’s what we’re here today,” said Renny Smith, executive director of Family and Friends of the Wrongfully Convicted. ”We want to bring justice to this issue. This was the injustice that was done to Robert Brooks, his family and the community at large.”, said Renny Smith, executive director of Family and Friends of the Wrongfully Convicted
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