#istandwithkalief

[thesociologicalcinema]

#IStandWithKalief - Pledge created by Aikeem Browder for the Kalief Browder Foundation On May 25th, 1993 My brother Kalief Browder was born. Sixteen years later, after being targeted and profiled, he was falsely accused of stealing a backpack and jailed on Rikers Island. During his three tortuous years on Rikers -- two of them in solitary confinement -- he suffered countless episodes of violent abuse. The judge set bail. Our family couldn’t afford to pay it. So Kalief was stuck in jail. On May 29th, 2013 Kalief was released from Rikers after the District Attorney dropped the charges and the case was dismissed. The dismissal did not change the fact that for three years, Kalief sat in jail for a crime that he didn’t commit without ever getting his day in court to argue his innocence. The system failed Kalief, our family and our community. On June 6, 2015, my brother Kalief ended his young life. Pretrial detention forever altered his personality and mental health. Pretrial detention stole Kalief’s youth and his future. I’ll never get to see my brother become an adult nor groom him into the incredible man he could have become. All because we couldn't afford the $3,000 bail. Currently, more than 16,000 other New Yorkers are in the same position. It’s been 3 years since the death of my brother -- and the problems that led to Kalief’s incarceration and eventual death have not been fixed. Many elected officials (and those seeking to become elected officials) have pledged to take action to fix this injustice, including Gov. Cuomo. I was there at his State of the State speech in January 2018 when the governor said clearly, to me, "I want you to know that your brother did not die in vain." I heard him say, without equivocation, "The blunt ugly reality is that too often, if you can make bail you are set free and if you are too poor to make bail you are punished." But change has not yet come out of Albany. My brother deserved better than a broken pretrial system that punishes people for being poor and Black. All New Yorkers deserve better. We can’t wait any longer for justice. Please stand with me and my family as we honor and commemorate the life of Kalief by taking the pledge to end wealth-based detention and reform New York’s unjust pretrial system now.

[ambertoldya]

what has the united states done for my people besides stripped things away

mentally physically emotionally

historically horribly repeatedly 

the more i learn the more my insides churn

the meek shall inherit the earth

patiently waiting rebirth

[365stepsintothemindofbuddhagunz]

#FOLLOWHIM @mysonnenygeneral @mysonnenygeneral @mysonnenygeneral Maybe when she say it y'all will get it! ✊️🏾 #IworkforThePeople #FOLLOWME @BUDDHAGUNZ365 @BUDDHAGUNZ365 @BUDDHAGUNZ365 #USNAVYVETERAN #STANDAGAINSTINJUSTICE #ILOVEMYCOUNTRY #LOVEMYPEOPLE #HATEMYGOVERNMENT #ENDTHEPOLICESTATE #TRUTHISTRUTH #ENDCORPORATEWELFARE #IAMNOTALIBERAL #IAMNOTACONSERVATIVE #IAMANAMERICAN #IAMAHUMANBEING #ISTANDWITHKALIEF #ISTANDWITHKAEPERNICK #UNITEDFRONTCIVILRIGHTSORGANIZTION #BLACKLIVESMATTER #JUSTICEFORALL #4645 #REBUILDPUERTORICO #ERASETHEDEBT #ABOLISHTHEJONESACT #NEVERFORGET🇵🇷 #NEVERFORGETTHAT (at New York, New York)

[ritware1850]

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#Repost @thecaptainnomad1 ・・・ Regrann from @cynthiaenixon - New York state has one legal system for the poor and people of color, and another for wealthy white men who can buy their freedom. In fact, thousands of New Yorkers are languishing in jail awaiting trial behind bars because of a cash bail system that punishes people for being poor. . That’s not justice. . It’s time to abolish cash bail. It’s time to end discriminatory policing that targets communities of color. And it’s time to invest in schools, not jails, here in New York state. . Tap on the link in bio to sign our petition and demand real criminal justice reform: bit.ly/EndCashBailNY. #istandwithkalief - #regrann #cashbail #corrupt #Trumptrainfoolishness #trumptwitter #tcot #trumpfoolishness #kkk #blacktwitter #MAGA #policy #blackthistory #Mothers #kanyewest #amjoy #corrupt #Trumptrain #try #justice

[trini2015]

Regrann from @chaos_is.a_ladder - ✊🏽 #kaleifbrowder #restinpower #blacklivesmatter #thesystemisbroken #cashbailsystem #Repost @fiercelysasha ・・・ #Repost from @thecaptainnomad1. Regrann from @cynthiaenixon - New York state has one legal system for the poor and people of color, and another for wealthy white men who can buy their freedom. In fact, thousands of New Yorkers are languishing in jail awaiting trial behind bars because of a cash bail system that punishes people for being poor. . That’s not justice. . It’s time to abolish cash bail. It’s time to end discriminatory policing that targets communities of color. And it’s time to invest in schools, not jails, here in New York state. . Tap on the link in bio to sign our petition and demand real criminal justice reform: bit.ly/EndCashBailNY. #istandwithkalief - #regrann - #regrann

[ufuomaee]

Regrann from @cynthiaenixon - New York state has one legal system for the poor and people of color, and another for wealthy white men who can buy their freedom. In fact, thousands of New Yorkers are languishing in jail awaiting trial behind bars because of a cash bail system that punishes people for being poor. . That’s not justice. . It’s time to abolish cash bail. It’s time to end discriminatory policing that targets communities of color. And it’s time to invest in schools, not jails, here in New York state. . Tap on the link in bio to sign our petition and demand real criminal justice reform: bit.ly/EndCashBailNY. #istandwithkalief - #regrann

[black-bourgeois]

Regrann from @jerryc1201 - Let's avoid repeating this gross injustice.Regrann from @nyjusticeleague - It has been 3 years since Kalief Browder took his own life. He spent years caged at Rikers because of a crime he didn't commit. And because New York still has a wealth based detention system which penalizes poor people of color, he stayed in jail unable to make bail. There are 16,000 sitting in jail currently awaiting trial. Our lawmakers have a responsibility to ensure that we are not punishing people for their economic status. Let them know we absolutely cannot continue this practice. Head over to bit.ly/ISTANDWITHKALIEF to sign the pledge. Tweet at @nygovcuomo and Carl Heastie to #endmoneybail #IStandWithKalief #justiceleaguenyc - #regrann - #regrann

[ambertoldya]

#ISTANDWITHKALIEF