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.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said authorities should now move quickly and pursue criminal charges against those responsible for the death of Robert Brooks.

Lawyers say the death of a handcuffed man who was pummeled by New York prison guards was ruled a homicide in an autopsy report

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.

Robert Brooks died from “compression of the neck and multiple blunt force injuries,” according to an autopsy report cited by attorneys representing his family.