The Case Of Kalief Browder

There is no doubt that Kalief Browder needs some type of justice, especially for his family and friends. Kalief Browder was just a 16 year old in the Bronx that was wrongfully accused of a stealing a backpack while he was on probation for a previous petty crime. Therefore, he arrested and when he got the amount of bail he quickly found out that he and his family could not pay for it. After not being able to pay for bail, he was sent to a federal prison named Rikers Island for this petty crime, in which he was never charged with. He was sent to a federal juvenile correction center with a bunch of actual criminals that did more than just be accused of stealing a backpack. In Rickers, he was constantly beaten and was not “safe”, until the correction

He missed a bunch of his teen years while in Rikers. For example, he harps on missing prom, graduation, parties, and all of these other things normal teenagers should do instead of going to Rikers. Afterward, he sued New York City for two million dollars for not respecting his right for a speedy trial as well as wrongful accusations. The search for jobs, as well as schools, were very difficult for him even though he was never officially charged. Luckily, he finally got into Bronx Community College, where he was a striving in school, yet he was still paranoid that police was always watching him. He then started to get notoriety from his story. He met with Rosie O'Donnell, Jay-Z and other journalists in which he gained press and that followed him back

The justice system had failed him one too many times and never seem to actually give him justice as their name states. Kalief had his basic amendment right disregarded and not giving a care about. He was not given a speedy trial, was wrongfully accused, and at the end that took his life. Even when suing the wrongful state, he got bombarded by questions about his family, his past, and how he tried to kill himself in Rikers. The audacity of the justice system to be wrong, to torment a minor, then to use time against a family who seemed to be running out of it is deplorable. They first started off with the death of Kalief and then his mother and now the case is no longer in process. It is appalling how the used the one thing that is precious to all humans, time, to make sure the city of New York wins whatever they want. In my eyes, it seems like the city could do no wrong and that there are no consequences for corruption. This case proves how the city of New York can get away with everything from abuse of someone to sending someone to a federal prison for a petty