The Kalief Browder Story. Catch it on Spike. NY Raises age limit and plans to close Rikers
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Kalief Browder (May 25, 1993 – June 6, 2015) was a 22-year-old who was arrested at the age of 16, on false charges of robbery (for allegedly stealing a backpack) and imprisoned without conviction for three years. His case has been cited by activists who call for reform of New York City's criminal justice system.
Arrest and imprisonment
Browder was arrested at age 16, in May 2010, while walking to his home on Arthur Avenue in the Bronx. Browder was charged with second degree robbery. He was unable to make his $10,000 bail. Maintaining his innocence, he refused to take a plea bargain that would have released him. The case was eventually dismissed and Browder was released in June 2013 by Judge Patricia DiMango [1] after numerous postponements of his case and 31 hearings.[2][3]
For two of those years, Browder was held in solitary confinement or administrative segregation.[4] His story was covered in some degree by local press after his release,[2] and Browder was profiled in The New Yorker in October 2014 for being held for three years on Rikers Island without a trial.[5] The exposure of his case became the impetus for proposed reforms in the New York City criminal justice system.[6][7]
Suicide and aftermath
In June 2015, Browder committed suicide by hanging himself.[8][9] The conditions of his detention were widely seen as having caused his mental condition and five or six prior attempts at suicide while incarcerated, so much so that six days after his death, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy invoked Browder's experience in his opinion regarding an unrelated case.[10]
The lawsuit alleging violation of Browder's rights under the Speedy Trial Clause of the U.S. Constitution continues on behalf of his family, despite his death.[11]
On January 25, 2016, former President Barack Obama wrote an article in The Washington Post criticizing the "overuse" of solitary confinement in American jails. The former president based his arguments largely on Browder's experience.[12]
Arrest and imprisonment
Browder was arrested at age 16, in May 2010, while walking to his home on Arthur Avenue in the Bronx. Browder was charged with second degree robbery. He was unable to make his $10,000 bail. Maintaining his innocence, he refused to take a plea bargain that would have released him. The case was eventually dismissed and Browder was released in June 2013 by Judge Patricia DiMango [1] after numerous postponements of his case and 31 hearings.[2][3]
For two of those years, Browder was held in solitary confinement or administrative segregation.[4] His story was covered in some degree by local press after his release,[2] and Browder was profiled in The New Yorker in October 2014 for being held for three years on Rikers Island without a trial.[5] The exposure of his case became the impetus for proposed reforms in the New York City criminal justice system.[6][7]
Suicide and aftermath
In June 2015, Browder committed suicide by hanging himself.[8][9] The conditions of his detention were widely seen as having caused his mental condition and five or six prior attempts at suicide while incarcerated, so much so that six days after his death, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy invoked Browder's experience in his opinion regarding an unrelated case.[10]
The lawsuit alleging violation of Browder's rights under the Speedy Trial Clause of the U.S. Constitution continues on behalf of his family, despite his death.[11]
On January 25, 2016, former President Barack Obama wrote an article in The Washington Post criticizing the "overuse" of solitary confinement in American jails. The former president based his arguments largely on Browder's experience.[12]
He went through it man
What they did to him and his mom was bullshit....Both died,because the system is so eager to throw any black person in jail 
And,the reason why I put the mom in there is because she died of a broken heart,after her son died..
And,the reason why I put the mom in there is because she died of a broken heart,after her son died..
Watching now. NYPD ain't shit
Didn't know he was on Probation already. Once the got him in that backseat it was over for him
Smfh..sick inhumane treatment...Really is the Belly of The Beast...New Slavery Design 2 Break you....
I wanna Merc Something Right now just watching this Shit...
I wanna Merc Something Right now just watching this Shit...
What happened to Kalief Browder has occurred with other defendants in the Bronx County New York criminal persecution system matrix.
The Black man below Kenneth Creighton was held in jail for 5 years even though the police and Bronx district attorney had evidence that exonerated him
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Rikers-Island-Bronx-DA-Trial-Delays-I-Team-365824861.html
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/king-kenneth-creighton-not-thug-victim-article-1.2509942
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/portablep...om&sec=news&subsec=local&width=600&height=360
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What happened to Kalief Browder has occurred with other defendants in the Bronx County New York criminal persecution system matrix.
The Black man below Kenneth Creighton was held in jail for 5 years even though the police and Bronx district attorney had evidence that exonerated him
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Rikers-Island-Bronx-DA-Trial-Delays-I-Team-365824861.html
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/king-kenneth-creighton-not-thug-victim-article-1.2509942
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/portablep...om&sec=news&subsec=local&width=600&height=360
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Wow
Gonna check this out
What happened to Kalief Browder has occurred with other defendants in the Bronx County New York criminal persecution system matrix.
The Black man below Kenneth Creighton was held in jail for 5 years even though the police and Bronx district attorney had evidence that exonerated him
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Rikers-Island-Bronx-DA-Trial-Delays-I-Team-365824861.html
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/king-kenneth-creighton-not-thug-victim-article-1.2509942
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/portablep...om&sec=news&subsec=local&width=600&height=360
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Moms should've got that 3GS up for bail, still a sad story though.
She got the money from an old neighbor. When she went to pay, the system had flagged him as bail denied because he was already on probation when he got (falsely) arrested for stealing the backpack
Nah he was being held on a probation hold cuz of a felony plea bargain for stealing a bread truck ( passenger joyride) he was sentenced to 5 years probation as 16 year old..
He system provides enough rope to hang yourself so individuals need to be truly mindful of the long term effects of plea bargains... which comes back to finances-no finances means u do not possess the means to adequately defend....
Ok- and yes u can avoid all by doing no crimes....yet this case shows how even if you do nothing wrong u can still find urself stuck in the jaws of the system
Episode link or kodi?
Watching it now, forgot when it was supposed to air until I heard about it this morning
Every time I hear this story I
For a fucking back pack
Salute to Jay for this
On Demand
Every time I hear this story I
For a fucking back pack
Salute to Jay for this
On Demand
http://www.spike.com/episodes/6dgggk/time-the-kalief-browder-story-part-1-the-system-season-1-ep-101
http://www.spike.com/shows/time-the-kalief-browder-story
http://www.spike.com/shows/time-the-kalief-browder-story/episode-guide
http://www.spike.com/shows/time-the-kalief-browder-story/share
http://www.spike.com/shows/time-the-kalief-browder-story/take-action
http://www.spike.com/video-clips/tp...r-story-time-the-kalief-browder-story-trailer
http://www.spike.com/video-clips/3f468p/time-the-kalief-browder-story-injustice-infographic
Fucked Up...
Damn
I need that DL link. Somebody? Anybody?
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