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Held For 3 Years in Rikers On Flase Charges, Man Commits Suicide - R.I.P. Kalief Browder, 1993–2015 (Original Post)
votesparks
Jun 2015
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drynberg
(1,648 posts)1. So the Mayor apologized...yeah, well that's not gonna give the victim one more second of life...
What needs to happen is total revision of the NYC system of "Justice"...such as minors not held in solitary, all prisoners not held unless charges have been made and a prompt judicial review is forthcoming, etc. I ain't in this lock 'em up in the hole job market nor have I ever been, but common sense needs to be the guide for a very big reform of this NYC monster. What can we do? Listen to Sparks and get involved.
Fast Walker 52
(7,723 posts)4. god, the criminal justice system needs a total overhaul so terribly
that would be the only way we could really honor Browder
Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)2. Kalief...
libodem
(19,288 posts)3. What a sad
Story. I would expect this in the old Soviet Union.
How can this be happening in our own country?
Jaw dropping.