27: The Lost Boys of Rikers Island

(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) In the early hours of Saturday, May 15, 2010, Kalief Browder and a friend were returning home from a party in the Belmont section of the Bronx. He was 16 years old. Browder saw a police car driving toward them. More squad cars arrived, and soon Browder and his friend were squinting in the glare of a police spotlight. An officer said they had robbed a man. “I didn’t rob anybody,” Browder replied. “You can check my pockets.” . . .

Reb shares the cases of Kalief Browder and Inmate H, and thousands of other children and adults held in pretrial detention in the United States without ever being convicted of a crime. Some people say cash bail “creates Hell on Earth.” You might just believe them.

**CONTENT WARNING** Violence against children

Links:

https://www.facebook.com/KaliefsLegacy?mibextid=LQQJ4d

https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-case-for-cash-bail-reform/

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2:21 - Kalief Browder

14:45 - Rikers Island

17:33 - Pretrial Detention, Cash Bail, and Depravity

22:38 - Inmate H

31:29 - Rikers Island Origins / #CloseRikers

37:18 - Cash Bail Reform

45:45 - A Murderer, A R*pist, and A Traffic Violator

47:38 - Cash Bail Reform

57:40 - Reb's Rebuttal

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