Hundreds of state correction officers at more than two dozen upstate prisons went on a wildcat strike Tuesday, forcing Gov. Kathy Hochul to prepare to deploy members of the New York National Guard to replace them if the walkout extends into Wednesday.
Officers picketed outside 25 facilities as of Tuesday afternoon according to media reports and Thomas Mailey, a spokesperson for the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision.
The walkout comes as multiple state correction officers are expected to be criminally charged for their roles in the fatal beating of a handcuffed detainee on Dec. 10, according to the Albany Times Union.
In a beating caught on body cameras, Robert Brooks, 43, was kicked and punched by guards who held him down on a medical bed at the Marcy Correctional Facility in Oneida County. New York Attorney General Letitia James on Dec. 27 released footage of four officers at the scene who didn’t realize the cameras were recording. At least three sergeants and a nurse were also present during the beatdown, the videos show.
I was like “Yay strikes for better pay and conditions” then i was like “Yay hang them all”
Remember: police unions are not labor unions, because police are not labor. They are capital’s enforcers and therefore class traitors, by definition.
“We’re basically cops. We demand zero accountability, too!”
They already have that though
“Our jobs are hard! We deserve the occasional murder, as a treat!”
Looks like these guards could be let go and replaced with the guard, ya know, to make the prison more efficient
“and a nurse”
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