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PRISONERS SAY JONATHAN GRANT'S DEATH AT AUBURN LIKELY DUE TO NY GUARD STRIKE
DIABETIC LOCKED INSIDE CELL 24-HOURS A DAY, DENIED EMERGENCY SNACK

GUARDS SAY STRIKE 'TRAPPED' THEM IN NY PRISON, SOME FREED ON SUNDAY
CORRECTION OFFICERS AT FRANKLIN CORRECTIONAL FACILITY SAY THEY WERE 'TRAPPED’ FOR A WEEK BECAUSE OF A STRIKE BY THEIR COLLEAGUES

2,000 MORE NAT'L GUARD TROOPS DEPLOYED, AS STRIKE BY NY STATE PRISON GUARDS DRAGS ON
INITIAL DEPLOYMENT OF 3,500 SOLDIERS RISES TO 5,600. 1000s MORE LIKELY.

NAT’L GUARD TROOPS SLEEP IN CELLS AS STRIKE BY NYS PRISON GUARDS ENTERS 6TH DAY
GOV. KATHY HOCHUL APPEARS TO CAVE TO STRIKING PRISON GUARDS' MAJOR DEMANDS, BUT GUARDS STAY ON STRIKE.

MURDER CHARGES FOR THE PRISON GUARDS WHO KILLED ROBERT BROOKS
SEALED INDICTMENT CHARGES 5 GUARDS WITH SECOND DEGREE MURDER, FACE LIFE IN PRISON
STRIKING PRISON GUARDS HOLD HOCHUL HOSTAGE; DEFY GOVERNOR, FORCE NAT'L GUARD DEPLOYMENT
'NOBODY BELIEVES YOU' GUARDS TELL NEW YORK GOV. KATHY HOCHUL
UNION LEADERS PRESENT LIST OF DEMANDS AS STRIKE BY STATE PRISON GUARDS ENTERS PERILOUS NEW PHASE
WITH THE NATIONAL GUARD READYING TO DEPLOY INSIDE NY'S PRISONS, STATE OFFICIALS AND UNION LEADERS HELD PEACE TALKS IN ALBANY TUESDAY AFTERNOON
GUARDS ON STRIKE AT 25 STATE PRISONS; ‘DOOMSDAY’ PLAN ACTIVATED; NAT’L GUARD TO DEPLOY
‘THE FIRES HAVE BEEN LIT. THE LIST IS GROWING’

'LET THE BOYS IN BLUE TAKE BACK THEIR PRISONS': STRIKE BY NY GUARDS SPREADS
WIVES DEMAND HELP FROM GOV. KATHY HOCHUL

NYS PRISON GUARDS START WILDCAT STRIKE AT ELMIRA AND COLLINS
'THERE MAY BE MORE PRISONS THAT FOLLOW'

ARRESTS FOR ROBERT BROOKS KILLING BY GUARDS AT THE MARCY CORECTIONAL FACILITY COMING
COPS & CONVICTS: THE FREE LANCE ON DUTY RON, INDICTMENT OF ROBERT BROOKS KILLERS

A BLACK TRANS MAN FLEW TO NY FOR LOVE —SAM NORDQUIST WAS TORTURED TO DEATH BY FEMALE LOVER’S CRACK GANG FOR 2 MONTHS
'THEY GOT A SICK HIGH OUT OF IT'

'MURDER SHOULD BE THE CHARGE': ROBERT BROOKS FATHER DEMANDS, KILLER GUARDS INDICTED
RICHARD RICKS SPEAKS OUT AS NEWS BREAKS GUARDS WHO KILLED HIS SON CHARGED IN SECRET INDICTMENT TO BE UNVEILED TUESDAY

NY PRISON CHIEF IGNORED 'TICKING TIME-BOMB' 3 1/2 MONTHS BEFORE GUARDS KILLED ROBERT BROOKS
'HE DISMISSED IT NONCHALANTLY. HE SAID 'THEY'RE TOO MANY CAMERAS INSIDE THE PRISONS FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.’’

NEW JERSEY APPEALS COURT TO DECIDE MAJOR DIGITAL AGE PRESS FREEDOM CASE
A NEW JERSEY JUDGE STRIPPED THE PUBLIC OF ITS RIGHT TO SEE EXHIBITS IN CRIMINAL CASES, WILL AN APPEALS COURT GIVE IT BACK?

GOV., PROTESTERS: KILLING OF ROBERT BROOKS BY PRISON GUARD GANG 'MURDER'
GRAND JURY TO CONSIDER CHARGES ON MONDAY, SPECIAL PROSECUTOR WILLIAM J. FITZPATRICK SAYS

ONE OF ROBERT BROOKS’ ALLEGED KILLERS CAN KEEP HIS GUNS, COURT REJECTS AG EFFORT TO DISARM GUARD
STATE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE RULES DAVID J. KINGSLEY, CAPTURED ON VIDEO CHOKING ROBERT BROOKS, CAN KEEP HIS GUNS FOR NOW
ROBERT BROOKS KILLING BY PRISON GUARDS 'HOMICIDE,' MEDICAL EXAMINER RULES, GRAND JURY TO GET CASE
GRAND JURY TO BEGIN HEARING EVIDENCE FEB. 10

2 MONTHS AFTER PRISON GUARDS KILLED ROBERT BROOKS, WHY HASN’T ANYONE BEEN ARRESTED?
SPECIAL PROSECUTOR ONONDAGA COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY WILLIAM J. FITZPATRICK HAS BEEN SILENT

THE FREE LANCE NEWS CHALLENGES SECRECY FOR GUARDS WHO KILLED ROBERT BROOKS
LAWSUIT FILED IN STATE SUPREME COURT SEEKS TO OPEN SECRET EMPLOYEE DISCIPLINARY HEARINGS TO THE PUBLIC