The Kalief Browder Story.

Bobby1981

Did any of you watch his story? It was in six parts and I watched the last of them yesterday. I find myself still thinking of Kalief.

I knew of his story two years ago and that JayZ was interested in bringing it to the screen (Jay had met him and I think he was the 'anonymous benefactor' who had offered to pay for Kalief's college education.

What makes his story so sad is that he was innocent, you can tell just by his total stance and his refusal to take the easy way out. Plus, he was just a kid...16 years old.

Plus, even if he had been guilty....over three years in Rikers with no trial, no nothing, with almost two in solitary was wrong...just so wrong. They drove that young lad out of his mind.

I will never forget Kalief or his Mama. His Dad was a piece of chit and should be ashamed.

If you have not seen it. Watch it. Its so powerful. He was so strong standing up to them and keeping his name clean, to then not being able to cope when he came home...

Rest in Peace Kalief. You have sparked change.

You neither link the docu or tell the story. No idea who Kalief Browder is.

Noddyholder

What ya on about OP ?

Noddyholder

Re reading the OP I think kalief was guilty .

Special Circumstances

Noddyholder wrote: »

Re reading the OP I think kalief was guilty .

Booooo Bralief Chowder for president!

A mod position at least!

Allah snackbar

Edit ; I read the wiki about him , very sad , America is a place that seems to becoming increasingly lacking in humanity and social care for the poorer in society

Cookie_Monster

stole a back pack, went to jail.
later killed himself, i'm sure the conspiracy theorists see the two events as related

Panrich

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

stole a back pack, went to jail.
later killed himself, i'm sure the conspiracy theorists see the two events as related

That's three things.

Tigger

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

stole a back pack, went to jail.
later killed himself, i'm sure the conspiracy theorists see the two events as related

Stole a truck first

R P McMurphy

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

stole a back pack, went to jail.
later killed himself, i'm sure the conspiracy theorists see the two events as related

Accused of stealing a backpack, spending 3 years in prison without trial and 800 days on solitary confinement is hardly a glowing endorsement of the way the justice system handled the case. The fact that he could have walked out of prison if he took a plea deal but instead chose to stand trial says alot about the position he was in.

Bobby1981

Deleted User wrote: »

You neither link the docu or tell the story. No idea who Kalief Browder is.

Sorry, I forgot to provide a link. It's so worth watching.

This is the trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ri73Dkttxj8

Bobby1981

Noddyholder wrote: »

Re reading the OP I think kalief was guilty .

He wasn't though. If you watch the whole thing you will know he wasn't. Even if he had been though, what they did to him was all kinds of wrong.

Bobby1981

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

stole a back pack, went to jail.
later killed himself, i'm sure the conspiracy theorists see the two events as related

I don't believe he stole that backpack.

Noddyholder

Bobby1981 wrote: »

I don't believe he stole that backpack.

I do.