I finally forced myself to watch the #KaliefBrowder documentary today, something I had avoided for years bc I knew my heart would shatter even more. It’s the footage of his abuse that breaks me esp after he hangs himself & guards literally stand watching him die. Then taunt & beat him … (cont)
3 years in Rikers. Never convicted. Kalief Browder, arrested at 16, was trapped because hif family couldn't afford to pay bail. He endured solitary confinement, and the trauma cost him his life. #KaliefBrowder #JusticeReform.
one of my fav attorneys sent this link to the group chat.
I remember hearing a lot about this for a while, prob via democracy now etc, but hadn’t thought of it in a minute.
everyone should listen to it & think about what our society is, how easily (in a combined & uneven way, ofc) it could […]
#SayHisName #KaliefBrowder Adams has ALWAYS been a bent cop, deep in his soul.
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We don’t see the children that have been taken away from their parents or all the people suffering in prisons without due process or any money for bail. What happened to #kaliefbrowder is part of the same rotten system where men like Trump/Adams/Cuomo walk around freely and others have no rights.
The primary SOURCE for this post was the article, 'Remembering #KaliefBrowder a Year After his Suicide and Why Rikers Island Should be Shut Down' by Alicia Maule & Yili Liu for the Innocence Project
ugly #AmericanHistory
#WhiteSupremacy Bullshit
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Facts: #KaliefBrowder was beaten by prison guards on Rikers Island multiple times & was kept solitary confinement for 2 out of the 3 yrs of his detention. After charges against him were dropped, he was released. His spirit was so damaged from abuse & trauma he was never able to fully recover.
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#OTD in #History 2015
June 6: #KaliefBrowder Killed Himself
Context: Browder was accused of stealing a backpack held pre-trial (because he couldn’t make bail) for three years in Rikers Island, a prison notorious for human rights offenses.
ugly #AmericanHistory
#WhiteSupremacy Bullshit
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Black and white photo of Kalief Browder wearing a plaid shirt.
Happy Birthday to #KaliefBrowder who should be here to celebrate turning 32 today.
Commemorating Kalief: A Day Of Remembrance And Unity With His Family.
We Demand NYC Uphold Local Law 42 And Abolish All Forms Of Solitary Confinement. 10 years of missing Kalief!
Join us & @haltsolitary.bsky.social
June 6th at 9AM
60 Centre Street
#kaliefbrowder
#jailsactioncoalition
#HALTsolitary
#BlackLivesMatter
#KyleRittenhouse
#Kenosha
#CentralParkFive
#ExoneratedFive
#KaliefBrowder
#SayTheirNames
He’s already untouchable. 34 felonies, & not so much as an hour of community service.
#KaliefBrowder was imprisoned for 3 years for stealing a backpack, a misdemeanor. 700 days in solitary confinement.
The law does not apply to Trump, and it won’t until the people in power grow a spine.
#BHM #BlackHistory #BlackStudies #BlackPowerMovement #BlackPanthers #KaliefBrowder #BreonnaTaylor #CarlHampton
Facts of this story are wild. Injured 6 police officers and out on bail for $10,750. My mind always goes to #KaliefBrowder and our two Americas.
Chris Christie's niece bites officers at New Orleans airport | Crime/Police | http://nola.com
The story of this man getting pardoned after one year in prison when #KaliefBrowder was incarcerated for more than two years for an accusation of stealing a backpack 😡 www.nytimes.com/2021/01/22/us/politics/t...
#JudgeKavanaugh's life is not being destroyed. He has a lifetime appt to the federal bench. He's not going to jail. Let's talk about #KaliefBrowder & the millions of poor people whose lives ARE destroyed because of #cashbail and the criminalization of poverty & mental illness. 😡
Huge thanks to all who have read, commented, & shared my @nytopinion piece on #AnthonyBourdain. Please also take time to read up on suicides of #KaliefBrowder & #MarcoAntonioMuñoz + growing rate in #PuertoRico since Maria. I believe Tony would want these stories grappled w/ too.
Reminiscent of #KaliefBrowder
Good gracious. #KaliefBrowder
"Our prophets come in many forms" -- #jayZ on #KaliefBrowder
#KaliefBrowder you deserved better. We failed you.
Watch this. Share wide. Sturdy your spine. This is #America at its worst. You need to know #KaliefBrowder story.
Dear New York State Legislature,
Please pass this law for #KaliefBrowder. This is not partisan.
#RaiseTheAgeNY
Dear New York State Legislature,
Please pass this law for #KaliefBrowder. This is not partisan.
#RaiseTheAgeNY
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Photoset: sugahstarshine: activistnyc: Vigil for #KaliefBrowder, a young man who took his own life after... http://tmblr.co/Z0pkBw1otUGxd
"There is no reason he should have gone through this ordeal," @BilldeBlasio on #KaliefBrowder
Between #McKinney and #KaliefBrowder, my soul is spent today
"He didn’t get tortured in some prison camp in another country. It was right here!” www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/kalief-br... #KaliefBrowder
