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Kalief Browder, The NYC Boy That Was Sent To Rikers For 3yrs On False Pretense KIlled Himself. RIP.
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Look at how jive the bail process is for this kid and anyone else who gets locks up for no reason (I felt jive was befitting).
The court sets a bail of $10,000. He can either pay the $10k directly to the court and HOPE to get a refund once the charges were dropped. OR He pays $1000 to a bail bondsman who basically issues an IOU to the court that says, if he shows up for court, we're good, if he doesn't then I pay you $10k. All for something you didn't do.
The court sets a bail of $10,000. He can either pay the $10k directly to the court and HOPE to get a refund once the charges were dropped. OR He pays $1000 to a bail bondsman who basically issues an IOU to the court that says, if he shows up for court, we're good, if he doesn't then I pay you $10k. All for something you didn't do.
yea people really don't believe that its A LOT of young black guys going to prison for crimes they didn't do..my nephew is currently going through this same situation right now smh
I also got sent to prison on a attempt robbery that I had nothing to do with as well...I took it to trial and everything, because just like Browder, I couldn't cop out for some shyt I didn't do..the shyt was crazy though because my bullshyt PD let me see the paperwork regarding my case and you can tell the cops wrote that shyt up because everything that i was wearing the day they arrested me, was exactly what the alleged robber was wearing..then on top of that, the victim of the incident came to court, sat on the stand, and said that i did it as well..
I ended up getting sentenced to 5 years and did 18 months in the joint..and during that time at one point i spent 4 months locked in a cell for 24 hours a day...
I came home dirt broke & fukked up, no job, with a violent felony that i didn't commit on my record( i already had two prior felonies, but those were drug cases)..I moved from my old hood, eventually got a decent job, and now, 12 years later, i'm living pretty damn good, got my own place, riding foreign and all that
but since I already did time, the robbery case didn't break me, but i feel for Browder because that was his 1st time going through that and I could understand how it could change a person mentally..RIP
Props for real. I can't image what it's like to deal with that.
I was almost railroaded before, fortunately the jury found me innocent. This is why I tell everyone I can to take jury summons seriously.
It's not just cops that are fukked up, the entire system is rotten to the core.
My house was raided because my fingerprint looked like a partial print that was found at a crime scene. Guns, money, laptops and jewelry were stolen from a cop's house, two of the guns were later recovered with one of them being used in a murder.
They initially looked for me at my mom's because that's the address I had on my license. She was recently diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer and they treated her very badly. When I was arrested at my house, it was while I was watching my daughter and studying for a midterm. I was placed on my lawn and cuffed at gunpoint wearing just a pair of boxers in front of my entire neighborhood while they searched my house with my daughter inside.
I cooperated because I knew I was innocent and they never said anything about me being under arrest initially. When I asked to see the object that my supposed print was found on, the detectives refused to show me. They told me they were going to put me in a holding cell for a few hours while they got somebody to perform a polygraph on me.
Those hours turned into days and being transferred to a whole different jail. When I went before the judge to ask for a bail reduction (from $110k) or to be released on my own recognizance, I was denied on both requests. My public defender at the time asked why, since only a single, small partial print was found at the scene. The judge replied that the report he had sitting in front of him stated that my prints were found all over the residence.
When I was being interrogated they told me they narrowed it down to a week's time period and that I needed to have an alibi for all seven days. We ended up hiring our own private detective later on and he was able to narrow it down to the night that it happened with and eight hour window just by interviewing one neighbor. The night that it happened was the night before I got married.
About a year into it, we invoked my right to a speedy trial, and we were told that the prosecution's case wasn't ready
Long story short, two years later the case went forward, and I was found innocent after two weeks of trial and two days of deliberation. The prosecuter that got stuck with the case was a rookie black guy that obviously didn't want to take it in the first place. Luckily the judge we had for the trial was a cool black lady that could tell what was going on and she helped us out quite often.
The cancer had spread from my mom's lungs to her brain shortly before the trail started and she passed away not too long after I beat the case.
I assume the cops figured we couldn't afford to fight the case financially or emotionally, which is probably why they went out of their way to pin it on me despite having such a weak case. It's disgusting how they tried to stack the odds in their favor with the week long alibi window, fake polygraph holding cell BS, and having the judge deny my basil reduction. On top of that, what the hell were cops doing investigating their own? We almost exhausted my mom's savings fighting the case and I really feel for those that do not have the money to do so, which I'm sure is the case more often than not. I was raised never to trust the system and this really cemented it for me as well as opened my eyes to how truly sick, twisted, and shady it can be.
Lessons learned: Never talk without a lawyer under ANY pretense and take jury duty seriously because otherwise you're leaving your brother's fates up to a bunch of cacs.
My best friend's little brother is going through almost exactly the same thing right now. His jury selection began last week and it's going to be populated with nothing but white people.
Congratulations on overcoming your situation though, that shows an incredible amount of strength and character on your part.
RIP Kalief Browder
It's not just cops that are fukked up, the entire system is rotten to the core.
My house was raided because my fingerprint looked like a partial print that was found at a crime scene. Guns, money, laptops and jewelry were stolen from a cop's house, two of the guns were later recovered with one of them being used in a murder.
They initially looked for me at my mom's because that's the address I had on my license. She was recently diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer and they treated her very badly. When I was arrested at my house, it was while I was watching my daughter and studying for a midterm. I was placed on my lawn and cuffed at gunpoint wearing just a pair of boxers in front of my entire neighborhood while they searched my house with my daughter inside.
I cooperated because I knew I was innocent and they never said anything about me being under arrest initially. When I asked to see the object that my supposed print was found on, the detectives refused to show me. They told me they were going to put me in a holding cell for a few hours while they got somebody to perform a polygraph on me.
Those hours turned into days and being transferred to a whole different jail. When I went before the judge to ask for a bail reduction (from $110k) or to be released on my own recognizance, I was denied on both requests. My public defender at the time asked why, since only a single, small partial print was found at the scene. The judge replied that the report he had sitting in front of him stated that my prints were found all over the residence.
When I was being interrogated they told me they narrowed it down to a week's time period and that I needed to have an alibi for all seven days. We ended up hiring our own private detective later on and he was able to narrow it down to the night that it happened with and eight hour window just by interviewing one neighbor. The night that it happened was the night before I got married.
About a year into it, we invoked my right to a speedy trial, and we were told that the prosecution's case wasn't ready
Long story short, two years later the case went forward, and I was found innocent after two weeks of trial and two days of deliberation. The prosecuter that got stuck with the case was a rookie black guy that obviously didn't want to take it in the first place. Luckily the judge we had for the trial was a cool black lady that could tell what was going on and she helped us out quite often.
The cancer had spread from my mom's lungs to her brain shortly before the trail started and she passed away not too long after I beat the case.
I assume the cops figured we couldn't afford to fight the case financially or emotionally, which is probably why they went out of their way to pin it on me despite having such a weak case. It's disgusting how they tried to stack the odds in their favor with the week long alibi window, fake polygraph holding cell BS, and having the judge deny my basil reduction. On top of that, what the hell were cops doing investigating their own? We almost exhausted my mom's savings fighting the case and I really feel for those that do not have the money to do so, which I'm sure is the case more often than not. I was raised never to trust the system and this really cemented it for me as well as opened my eyes to how truly sick, twisted, and shady it can be.
Lessons learned: Never talk without a lawyer under ANY pretense and take jury duty seriously because otherwise you're leaving your brother's fates up to a bunch of cacs.
yea people really don't believe that its A LOT of young black guys going to prison for crimes they didn't do..my nephew is currently going through this same situation right now smh
I also got sent to prison on a attempt robbery that I had nothing to do with as well...I took it to trial and everything, because just like Browder, I couldn't cop out for some shyt I didn't do..the shyt was crazy though because my bullshyt PD let me see the paperwork regarding my case and you can tell the cops wrote that shyt up because everything that i was wearing the day they arrested me, was exactly what the alleged robber was wearing..then on top of that, the victim of the incident came to court, sat on the stand, and said that i did it as well..
I ended up getting sentenced to 5 years and did 18 months in the joint..and during that time at one point i spent 4 months locked in a cell for 24 hours a day...
I came home dirt broke & fukked up, no job, with a violent felony that i didn't commit on my record( i already had two prior felonies, but those were drug cases)..I moved from my old hood, eventually got a decent job, and now, 12 years later, i'm living pretty damn good, got my own place, riding foreign and all that
but since I already did time, the robbery case didn't break me, but i feel for Browder because that was his 1st time going through that and I could understand how it could change a person mentally..RIP
My best friend's little brother is going through almost exactly the same thing right now. His jury selection began last week and it's going to be populated with nothing but white people.
Congratulations on overcoming your situation though, that shows an incredible amount of strength and character on your part.
RIP Kalief Browder
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The more I hear about this story the angrier I become.
Dude was a black teenager sent to prison without even being convicted, not having his constitutional "speedy" trial, who was abused in prison, and eventually tried to kill himself multiple times until he succeeded...
Seriously though, someone needs to be held accountable.
Dude was a black teenager sent to prison without even being convicted, not having his constitutional "speedy" trial, who was abused in prison, and eventually tried to kill himself multiple times until he succeeded...
Seriously though, someone needs to be held accountable.
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A crowd of blacks Recording didnt stop Eric Garner from being choked out. And the video evidence didnt get Pentalio indicted.
And the judge couldnt simply ban recording in his courtroom. This is a economic matter, the problem people are just standing their with thumbs up their asses, instead of being proactive. They Are doing this bc they know black people are too docile to do anything. No revolution was won with just cameras.
Sad thing really is, he couldve been any one of us. What would your momma do if you were behind bars without due process? Would they even listen to her?? Without money or power behind her, her cries would be simply ignored. smh
Nomad1
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He's right tho.
The pretrial services commercial has me
"If it weren't for all those cats, I'd hit...I'd knock the bottom out of it"But its a completely shytty system.
DreadBrown
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Condolense to the family of the deceased,
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Free up the mandem