Kalief Browder. A young black male who was raised into CPS (child protective services) in cause of his mother heavy drug addiction. Browder was in a home with over twenty foster and adopted children which his mother took care of them all. Browder’s father worked for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority who still contributed to his family. The family resided by the Bronx Zoo, in a brick house on Prospect Avenue.
Continuing, Browder was enrolled at New Day Academy in his early life. The young boy was a C average student and was well known by peers and teachers as the “clever guy” who they assumed was very gifted. Growing up Kalief enjoyed WWE, The Bronx Zoo and Pokémon. On the other hand, during his pre-adult years he most rejoiced in parks, parties and playing sports.
In his early teen years at the age of 16 Browder was charged with first degree grand larceny. After a Bronx police office mentioned that he witnessed as quoted “he saw Browder crash into a stationary car with a stolen bakery truck taken for a joyride” (Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia). Even as Browder explained to the officer that he physically watched
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The young man thinking it was just a regular “ordinary” stop, but that was not the case. Roberto Bautista, a Mexican immigrant in regards to a stolen backpack that he stated Browder and his friends took from his young brother. Kalief responded “I did not rob anyone you can check my pockets”. (Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) as the police office searched the two you men and did not find any evidence of a camera, a credit card, iPod touch and $700.00. In fact, Bautista the added on to officers that the both tried “robbing him”. As officers were going back and forth gathering information Bautista was continuously changing his story it went from an alleged robbery to him then stating the incident occurred two weeks