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Kalief Browder spent 3 years in jail for allegedly stealing a backpack.
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Damn
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RIP
The Faceless Master
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fuck.
i saw the bump and thoght they settled and cut him a decent check or something
i saw the bump and thoght they settled and cut him a decent check or something
fuck.
i saw the bump and thoght they settled and cut him a decent check or something
Same, didn't expect this... Poor kid.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
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What the fuck, America? What the fuck.
The Sarcastic Dude
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Damn. RIP. Justice system is a fucking joke.
I really wish it was possible to run a political campaign on the promise that prison inmates won't be raped, beaten, or starved. Even innocent people are broken down and destroyed by the system, and the guilty are often turned in to career criminals.
Something that needs to be solved in addition to whatever broken systems caused this child to be stuck there for three years.
Something that needs to be solved in addition to whatever broken systems caused this child to be stuck there for three years.
Blackage
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When I first saw your post, I hadn't seen the date of the thread, so I thought to myself "He might get a settlement, but he'll still have scars." As I continued to read the thread and found out he killed himself.....I hated the fact I was right.
not psycho
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Oh my god no. Fuck no.
Dynamite Shikoku
Congratulations, you really deserve it!
This is the saddest thing I have read for a long time. Fuck.
The Silver
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This reminded me of one of my cousins in South Carolina who got 18 years in prison for stealing 18 dollars.
This was 17 years ago.
This was 17 years ago.
DontBeThatGuy
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Everyone involved in allowing this to take place should have to spend at least a few months in prison themselves. Shit's criminal.
Vicetrailia
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They created their own problems and purposely saw that this young man slip through the cracks and never recover from it.
A few months? This is false imprisonment, torture, blackmail. Should be talking 3 years minimum for participation, life in prison for prosecutor.
It's strange how authority / power works. Suddenly the rules change completely, and no one bats an eye. Nay, it even gets defended and debated on on the level of bringing charges instead of how long the sentence should be. Humans are illogical creatures to say the least.
Kid Kamikaze10
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What happened to this man is criminal. The prosecution should pay dearly for this.
But everyone knows this system won't make them pay, but if Karma exists, I hope it strikes heavy on them.
But everyone knows this system won't make them pay, but if Karma exists, I hope it strikes heavy on them.
MWS Natural
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So fucked up, pisses me off. People focus on the police but it's the ENTIRE judicial system that's FUCKED UP.
RIP.
Other news sites are reporting on Browder's suicide.
His incarceration might as well have been a death sentence without trial. Instead of a lethal injection, just break them to the point where they want to take their own life. Browder tried to kill himself at least 6 times at Rikers. No one did shit. They bandaged him up and sent him back.
Prosecutors and judges know that the court system in NY has a giant backlog. Trial dates are set more than a year away. They know that some defendants live in poverty and are not able afford bail. They know about the abuse that happens in prison from both other inmates and guards. It makes no sense to send a 16 year old to Rikers while he waits for trial on the charge of robbery. There's zero risk to the public by giving custody to his parents.
It's messed up how the U.S. is so advanced in areas like arts, science, and engineering, but backwards as fuck with its court/penal system.
Other news sites are reporting on Browder's suicide.
His incarceration might as well have been a death sentence without trial. Instead of a lethal injection, just break them to the point where they want to take their own life. Browder tried to kill himself at least 6 times at Rikers. No one did shit. They bandaged him up and sent him back.
Prosecutors and judges know that the court system in NY has a giant backlog. Trial dates are set more than a year away. They know that some defendants live in poverty and are not able afford bail. They know about the abuse that happens in prison from both other inmates and guards. It makes no sense to send a 16 year old to Rikers while he waits for trial on the charge of robbery. There's zero risk to the public by giving custody to his parents.
It's messed up how the U.S. is so advanced in areas like arts, science, and engineering, but backwards as fuck with its court/penal system.
Sho_Nuff82
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I'm not taking this well. The entire crime and punishment system in NYC is broken. And it's broken based on the premise that we MUST spend all these hours and resources to punish people for minor offences.
Detention could have solved a minor issue like a backpack theft (if it even happened). Instead, a child is dead because a prosecutor refused to look soft. Inexcusable.
Detention could have solved a minor issue like a backpack theft (if it even happened). Instead, a child is dead because a prosecutor refused to look soft. Inexcusable.
M1ch04c4n0
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What's to expect from a country long ago sold to the most brutal capitalism? If you can't provide your worth in capital, nobody in the government cares for you.
This poor guy is just, as many said before me, just another victim of a system were people only get any kind of compassion or justice if they can afford it, or the outcome will generate any kind of attention or retribution.
Who know how many more have gone through this? Thousands? Millions?
I can only imagine the mental trauma of losing some of the most crucial years of one's life, the transition to adulthood, for a false accusation. Job opportunities, peer interactions, relationships, university; all of this gone by one person's claim. This is before anything that occurred within the jail period as well.
I hope he found peace in death, however it should have been an unnecessary one. The worst part of this is how he shall go unknown to the masses. As it has up until this point.
I hope he found peace in death, however it should have been an unnecessary one. The worst part of this is how he shall go unknown to the masses. As it has up until this point.
Dreams-Visions
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EdibleKnife
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Three years of false imprisonment, beating and now a man has taken his life all over a damn backpack that they weren't even able to confirm he stole. I wish the worst on everyone involved in his incarceration
The Technomancer
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Beat me to it. That's exactly what they did to him. Mentally and physically. FUCK everyone involved in this whole situation, especially the prosecutor and the low grade shitheel FUCK that falsely accused him in the first place.
entremet
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Another young black man destroyed by the system.
I hope in generations coming forward we will see what havoc we have wreaked on young black men in this country.
It's aggravating to see.
We're disenfranchising whole generations and beyond due to our vengeance focused criminal justice systems.
I hope in generations coming forward we will see what havoc we have wreaked on young black men in this country.
It's aggravating to see.
We're disenfranchising whole generations and beyond due to our vengeance focused criminal justice systems.
Jmanunknown
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Another example of the nightmare that is the us justice system. This story is just sad. i feel so sad for his family. It is also sad because the justice system that messed up this young man's life will most likely never be fixed because it disproportionately effects minorities and poor people. The system is used as a way to continually hold down minorities(especially black males) and poor people. It is like a never ending cycle of despair.
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