New details uncovered in New York state prison beating scandal
NBC New York
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Sarah, well'}, {'start': '14.240', 'end': '18.880', 'text': 'Gilman, Adam, we have learned that'}, {'start': '16.560', 'end': '21.279', 'text': 'multiple agencies are now investigating'}, {'start': '18.880', 'end': '23.760', 'text': 'the case of Christopher Gillis, who told'}, {'start': '21.279', 'end': '26.720', 'text': 'the IT team he survived a vicious'}, {'start': '23.760', 'end': '29.519', 'text': 'assault by guards one day before another'}, {'start': '26.720', 'end': '31.760', 'text': 'inmate was beaten to death a month ago.'}, {'start': '29.519', 'end': '34.320', 'text': 'We have now obtained records that show'}, {'start': '31.760', 'end': '38.120', 'text': 'some of the same officers were involved'}, {'start': '34.320', 'end': '38.120', 'text': 'in both incidents.'}, {'start': '39.520', 'end': '44.239', 'text': 'They came with 28 pictures and I was'}, {'start': '42.399', 'end': '46.879', 'text': 'able to point out every officer that'}, {'start': '44.239', 'end': '48.960', 'text': 'attacked me that day. Chris Gilles told'}, {'start': '46.879', 'end': '50.960', 'text': 'me in a recent phone call that his story'}, {'start': '48.960', 'end': '53.440', 'text': 'of being attacked by correction officers'}, {'start': '50.960', 'end': '55.320', 'text': 'at Midstate Correctional Facility is'}, {'start': '53.440', 'end': '58.399', 'text': 'finally getting attention by state'}, {'start': '55.320', 'end': '60.160', 'text': 'investigators. but only after 10 guards'}, {'start': '58.399', 'end': '62.559', 'text': 'were indicted in connection with the'}, {'start': '60.160', 'end': '65.360', 'text': 'beating death of Messiah Nanti. That'}, {'start': '62.559', 'end': '67.680', 'text': 'beating happened one day after Gilles'}, {'start': '65.360', 'end': '70.720', 'text': 'says he was attacked by the same prison'}, {'start': '67.680', 'end': '72.960', 'text': 'emergency response team on February'}, {'start': '70.720', 'end': '75.680', 'text': '28th. When I first got assaulted, I got'}, {'start': '72.960', 'end': '77.720', 'text': 'hit with a baton and when I hit the'}, {'start': '75.680', 'end': '79.920', 'text': 'floor, I was attacked'}, {'start': '77.720', 'end': '82.320', 'text': 'by half of the search team right then'}, {'start': '79.920', 'end': '84.320', 'text': 'and there. Gila says he was given this'}, {'start': '82.320', 'end': '86.799', 'text': 'disciplinary ticket for assaulting'}, {'start': '84.320', 'end': '88.960', 'text': "officers. their narrative. And here's"}, {'start': '86.799', 'end': '91.200', 'text': 'where the story takes the first twist.'}, {'start': '88.960', 'end': '93.280', 'text': 'Gila says the officers lied on the'}, {'start': '91.200', 'end': '95.759', 'text': 'ticket to cover up their wrongdoing,'}, {'start': '93.280', 'end': '98.000', 'text': 'adding he had an original copy of the'}, {'start': '95.759', 'end': '100.400', 'text': 'ticket in his cell, but was afraid to'}, {'start': '98.000', 'end': '102.960', 'text': 'send it to his attorney or family during'}, {'start': '100.400', 'end': '105.439', 'text': 'a lengthy illegal strike by guards that'}, {'start': '102.960', 'end': '107.920', 'text': 'began in midFebruary. Inmates locked'}, {'start': '105.439', 'end': '110.240', 'text': "down. We've now obtained a copy of the"}, {'start': '107.920', 'end': '112.280', 'text': 'ticket from his aunt. He was afraid to'}, {'start': '110.240', 'end': '116.159', 'text': 'send it out.'}, {'start': '112.280', 'end': '118.880', 'text': 'Um, there is a possibility of it never'}, {'start': '116.159', 'end': '121.520', 'text': 'making it to his destination. Why is the'}, {'start': '118.880', 'end': '124.320', 'text': 'ticket important? It lists two officers'}, {'start': '121.520', 'end': '126.799', 'text': 'implicated in the Messiah Nantry case.'}, {'start': '124.320', 'end': '129.200', 'text': 'One, Joshua Bartlett suspended by the'}, {'start': '126.799', 'end': '132.160', 'text': 'department without pay. He claimed he'}, {'start': '129.200', 'end': '136.080', 'text': 'had to use body holds to subdue Gilles.'}, {'start': '132.160', 'end': '138.080', 'text': "I I wasn't able to see his face, but I"}, {'start': '136.080', 'end': '140.160', 'text': 'definitely know it was him that hit me'}, {'start': '138.080', 'end': '142.480', 'text': 'in the back of the head because he told'}, {'start': '140.160', 'end': '146.080', 'text': 'me to get on the wall. Did you resist at'}, {'start': '142.480', 'end': '147.520', 'text': 'all? No, I had no chance to resist that.'}, {'start': '146.080', 'end': '149.280', 'text': 'As soon as I heard him say that, I'}, {'start': '147.520', 'end': '151.200', 'text': 'started seeing stars. I was on the floor'}, {'start': '149.280', 'end': '153.360', 'text': 'in a fetal position just trying to'}, {'start': '151.200', 'end': '155.599', 'text': 'absorb all the blows I could take. The'}, {'start': '153.360', 'end': '157.920', 'text': 'ticket is signed by Frank Chandler, a'}, {'start': '155.599', 'end': '160.480', 'text': 'now former sergeant indicted for'}, {'start': '157.920', 'end': '162.879', 'text': "manslaughter in Messiah Nante's death."}, {'start': '160.480', 'end': '164.560', 'text': 'He has pleaded not guilty. I guess you'}, {'start': '162.879', 'end': '166.800', 'text': 'could say he was the head boss. He was'}, {'start': '164.560', 'end': '169.200', 'text': "the head honcho. It's unclear what"}, {'start': '166.800', 'end': '171.440', 'text': 'happened to Bartlett legally. He was not'}, {'start': '169.200', 'end': '173.440', 'text': "indicted with other guards in Nantou's"}, {'start': '171.440', 'end': '176.400', 'text': 'case, but special prosecutor William'}, {'start': '173.440', 'end': '178.800', 'text': 'Fitzpatrick did say that six unnamed'}, {'start': '176.400', 'end': '181.440', 'text': 'Midstate officers had agreed to plead'}, {'start': '178.800', 'end': '185.280', 'text': 'guilty to crimes and cooperate with the'}, {'start': '181.440', 'end': '187.840', 'text': 'investigation. This ticket really ties'}, {'start': '185.280', 'end': '190.720', 'text': 'them to a history and a pattern of'}, {'start': '187.840', 'end': '193.280', 'text': "abuse. Gillis' aunt showed us multiple"}, {'start': '190.720', 'end': '195.920', 'text': 'emails she wrote to prison officials the'}, {'start': '193.280', 'end': '199.040', 'text': 'day her nephew said he was assaulted by'}, {'start': '195.920', 'end': '201.599', 'text': 'members of cert. I actually tried to'}, {'start': '199.040', 'end': '204.159', 'text': 'warn the facility by reaching out to the'}, {'start': '201.599', 'end': '207.280', 'text': 'superintendent. He said everything is'}, {'start': '204.159', 'end': '209.760', 'text': 'fine. No one is hurt. Giles told us'}, {'start': '207.280', 'end': '212.640', 'text': 'something else. He says he had sustained'}, {'start': '209.760', 'end': '215.040', 'text': 'thirdderee burns on his leg from a hot'}, {'start': '212.640', 'end': '217.440', 'text': 'prison pipe and claims the officers'}, {'start': '215.040', 'end': '219.120', 'text': 'tortured him after beating him. They'}, {'start': '217.440', 'end': '220.400', 'text': 'said, "You either have two choices. You'}, {'start': '219.120', 'end': '222.000', 'text': 'let us pepper spray you in your'}, {'start': '220.400', 'end': '223.280', 'text': "thirdderee burning or we're going to"}, {'start': '222.000', 'end': '225.599', 'text': 'kill you and make it look like an'}, {'start': '223.280', 'end': '228.000', 'text': 'accident. Which one do you want?" After'}, {'start': '225.599', 'end': '230.159', 'text': 'we aired that story, Gilles told us'}, {'start': '228.000', 'end': '232.400', 'text': 'state investigators came to collect his'}, {'start': '230.159', 'end': '235.200', 'text': "sock that he says he'd kept for"}, {'start': '232.400', 'end': '237.280', 'text': 'evidence. They sent my sock to the FBI'}, {'start': '235.200', 'end': '239.920', 'text': 'lab to see if it was actually pepper'}, {'start': '237.280', 'end': '243.360', 'text': 'spray. There is no pepper spray incident'}, {'start': '239.920', 'end': '245.840', 'text': 'listed on the ticket that got 30 days in'}, {'start': '243.360', 'end': '248.080', 'text': 'punitive segregation. His aunt says'}, {'start': '245.840', 'end': '250.720', 'text': "she's been told by investigators the"}, {'start': '248.080', 'end': '253.360', 'text': "ticket is no longer in the system. It's"}, {'start': '250.720', 'end': '255.840', 'text': 'almost as if the assault never happened'}, {'start': '253.360', 'end': '257.680', 'text': 'for Docs. But Rivera showed us this'}, {'start': '255.840', 'end': '260.000', 'text': 'recent email where a top state'}, {'start': '257.680', 'end': '261.840', 'text': 'investigator says, "We continue to'}, {'start': '260.000', 'end': '264.160', 'text': 'thoroughly investigate the incident'}, {'start': '261.840', 'end': '266.639', 'text': 'involving Christopher Gilles. And we'}, {'start': '264.160', 'end': '269.040', 'text': 'anticipate both disciplinary and'}, {'start': '266.639', 'end': '271.360', 'text': 'criminal referrals arising from our'}, {'start': '269.040', 'end': '272.960', 'text': 'investigation. I really hope that that'}, {'start': '271.360', 'end': '274.960', 'text': "they're all charged. You know, I really"}, {'start': '272.960', 'end': '277.520', 'text': 'hope that everyone that was involved in'}, {'start': '274.960', 'end': '279.759', 'text': 'this gets charged.'}, {'start': '277.520', 'end': '282.000', 'text': 'Gilles told us he definitively picked'}, {'start': '279.759', 'end': '284.320', 'text': 'out five officers in the photos he was'}, {'start': '282.000', 'end': '286.240', 'text': 'shown by investigators. A spokesperson'}, {'start': '284.320', 'end': '289.520', 'text': 'for the Department of Corrections would'}, {'start': '286.240', 'end': '291.440', 'text': 'only say the investigation is ongoing.'}, {'start': '289.520', 'end': '292.880', 'text': 'Sarah, you watch your reporting and one'}, {'start': '291.440', 'end': '295.360', 'text': 'of the first questions that come to mind'}, {'start': '292.880', 'end': '297.440', 'text': 'is what about body cams? Where are they?'}, {'start': '295.360', 'end': '299.120', 'text': "That's a really good question and the"}, {'start': '297.440', 'end': '301.040', 'text': 'answer is that they are supposed to be'}, {'start': '299.120', 'end': '303.360', 'text': 'wearing body cameras after the death of'}, {'start': '301.040', 'end': '305.680', 'text': 'Robert Brooks in December. That is the'}, {'start': '303.360', 'end': '307.280', 'text': 'policy. Christopher Gillis told us he'}, {'start': '305.680', 'end': '309.120', 'text': "doesn't remember any of the officers"}, {'start': '307.280', 'end': '311.840', 'text': 'having body cams and the special'}, {'start': '309.120', 'end': '314.160', 'text': 'prosecutor in the Natwe case said that'}, {'start': '311.840', 'end': '316.400', 'text': 'he believes that some of the officers'}, {'start': '314.160', 'end': '318.080', 'text': 'actually deliberately disabled them.'}, {'start': '316.400', 'end': '319.360', 'text': 'Wow. Sarah Wallace, important work.'}, {'start': '318.080', 'end': '321.919', 'text': 'Thank you for staying on top of it. We'}, {'start': '319.360', 'end': '321.919', 'text': 'appreciate it.'}]