KATE LISA / SPECTRUM NEWS
After speaking with legislative leaders Wednesday, Robert Ricks said he’s a voice for his son Robert Brooks—the man whose death at Marcy Correctional Facility in December has been ruled a homicide.
Ricks, of Rochester, met with lawmakers and was introduced on the Senate floor to honor Brooks, who died after more than a dozen correction officers beat him while handcuffed at the prison in Oneida County. No charges have been filed, but 16 staffers remain suspended without pay in connection to the incident.
“For me, at this juncture, it’s about change,” Ricks told reporters. “So anything that I can do as a father, as a community member, as a man, to assist them in coming home better than they were when they were incarcerated and not in a body bag like my son did, that’s the charge.”…