1 00:00:00,901 --> 00:00:03,836 [gears whirring] 2 00:00:05,072 --> 00:00:08,007 [rhythmic ticking] 3 00:00:10,578 --> 00:00:13,045 - Mayor De Blasio is remembering the young man 4 00:00:13,047 --> 00:00:15,114 who killed himself over the weekend 5 00:00:15,116 --> 00:00:17,549 following his three year jail sentence without a trial. 6 00:00:17,551 --> 00:00:18,751 - This past Saturday, 7 00:00:18,753 --> 00:00:20,586 Kalief Browder committed suicide, 8 00:00:20,588 --> 00:00:23,122 hanging himself out a window of his mother's home. 9 00:00:23,124 --> 00:00:26,725 - Kalief Browder hanged himself with a air conditioner cord 10 00:00:26,727 --> 00:00:29,228 in his home in the Bronx. 11 00:00:29,230 --> 00:00:30,829 - I just watched him 12 00:00:30,831 --> 00:00:34,299 from being this young happy kid 13 00:00:34,301 --> 00:00:36,769 to this sad person. 14 00:00:36,771 --> 00:00:38,137 [dramatic music] 15 00:00:38,139 --> 00:00:39,571 - It's tough for us. 16 00:00:39,573 --> 00:00:42,274 We can't see behind tears and behind pain, 17 00:00:42,276 --> 00:00:45,911 but this young man will effect change 18 00:00:45,913 --> 00:00:48,414 in a way that we can't see now. 19 00:00:48,416 --> 00:00:50,516 - What do we want? all: Justice! 20 00:00:50,518 --> 00:00:54,620 - You are responsible for Kalief Browder being dead! 21 00:00:54,622 --> 00:00:57,156 Who's gonna put you on trial? Who's gonna... 22 00:00:57,158 --> 00:00:58,857 - Is there anyone who has been held to account? 23 00:00:58,859 --> 00:01:00,893 - Not yet. Not yet. 24 00:01:00,895 --> 00:01:03,762 - Rikers, NYPD, the judicial system, 25 00:01:03,764 --> 00:01:05,731 all had a part in my son's death. 26 00:01:05,733 --> 00:01:07,399 - Mayor De Blasio says Browder's story 27 00:01:07,401 --> 00:01:09,501 helped inspire his efforts to reform the trouble... 28 00:01:09,503 --> 00:01:11,403 - I deeply wish we hadn't lost him, 29 00:01:11,405 --> 00:01:12,805 but he did not die in vain. 30 00:01:12,807 --> 00:01:15,340 - Time for an aggressive look at a crisis 31 00:01:15,342 --> 00:01:17,342 of constitutional rights to a speedy trial. 32 00:01:17,344 --> 00:01:20,179 - Renewed call to raise the age of criminal responsibility. 33 00:01:20,181 --> 00:01:22,648 - President Obama banned solitary confinement 34 00:01:22,650 --> 00:01:25,017 for juveniles, he cites the tragic case 35 00:01:25,019 --> 00:01:26,652 of Kalief Browder in New York City. 36 00:01:26,654 --> 00:01:30,055 - My main focus is to get justice for Kalief. 37 00:01:30,057 --> 00:01:32,658 Nobody's gonna fight for that justice but me. 38 00:01:32,660 --> 00:01:35,694 - My father wasn't a part of Kalief's life at all. 39 00:01:35,696 --> 00:01:37,663 Do you know how disgusted he would feel? 40 00:01:37,665 --> 00:01:39,264 Back the [bleep] up. Back the [bleep] up. 41 00:01:39,266 --> 00:01:40,799 - Don't touch him. 42 00:01:40,801 --> 00:01:43,035 - It's sort of taken a turn for the worse. 43 00:01:43,037 --> 00:01:44,903 - I see my mom declining. 44 00:01:44,905 --> 00:01:46,472 You ruined Kalief, 45 00:01:46,474 --> 00:01:49,274 and now the domino effect is on us. 46 00:01:49,276 --> 00:01:50,476 [clicks] 47 00:01:50,478 --> 00:01:57,416 ♪ ♪ 48 00:02:23,077 --> 00:02:24,443 [whirring] 49 00:02:24,445 --> 00:02:27,412 [soft dramatic music] 50 00:02:27,414 --> 00:02:34,353 ♪ ♪ 51 00:03:04,418 --> 00:03:11,356 ♪ ♪ 52 00:03:25,639 --> 00:03:27,940 - First, I didn't wanna believe it, 53 00:03:27,942 --> 00:03:29,808 so I called my next-door neighbor, 54 00:03:29,810 --> 00:03:32,945 and he confirmed it. 55 00:03:32,947 --> 00:03:34,746 - The morning of that day he died, 56 00:03:34,748 --> 00:03:36,782 I seen him from the front, 57 00:03:36,784 --> 00:03:38,550 and he was talking to him mom and he was like, 58 00:03:38,552 --> 00:03:42,020 "Yeah, Dave, after you're finished come over." 59 00:03:42,022 --> 00:03:43,956 It's like, "Yeah, yeah, I'll come over," 60 00:03:43,958 --> 00:03:48,460 and then I just got the phone call. 61 00:03:48,462 --> 00:03:50,329 And I couldn't-- I didn't know what-- 62 00:03:50,331 --> 00:03:52,431 [stammers] I thought I was dreaming. 63 00:03:52,433 --> 00:03:54,032 Like, I didn't know what to do. 64 00:03:54,034 --> 00:03:56,001 I just started shaking. 65 00:03:56,003 --> 00:03:57,836 ♪ ♪ 66 00:03:57,838 --> 00:03:59,204 My grandparents called me 67 00:03:59,206 --> 00:04:03,175 and said they saw him hanging from the window. 68 00:04:03,177 --> 00:04:04,743 ♪ ♪ 69 00:04:04,745 --> 00:04:06,345 - The detectives, they come in the room 70 00:04:06,347 --> 00:04:10,716 and they say, "We're about to take the body," 71 00:04:10,718 --> 00:04:12,084 And they pull the sheet back 72 00:04:12,086 --> 00:04:14,920 and you seen him laying there 73 00:04:14,922 --> 00:04:17,289 and it just looked like he was sleeping. 74 00:04:17,291 --> 00:04:19,925 ♪ ♪ 75 00:04:19,927 --> 00:04:23,462 And then... 76 00:04:23,464 --> 00:04:25,764 they took him. 77 00:04:25,766 --> 00:04:28,734 [sirens wailing] 78 00:04:28,736 --> 00:04:35,574 ♪ ♪ 79 00:04:36,877 --> 00:04:40,345 - Kalief was a great uncle to my kids. 80 00:04:40,347 --> 00:04:43,282 He would ask my mother how they're doing. 81 00:04:43,284 --> 00:04:45,117 He would ask me how they doing, 82 00:04:45,119 --> 00:04:49,121 and every single time he seen 'em 83 00:04:49,123 --> 00:04:50,789 and at first they would run from him, 84 00:04:50,791 --> 00:04:54,459 but he would tell me, "Don't worry, bro." 85 00:04:54,461 --> 00:04:57,529 [emotionally] "I love my niece and nephew." 86 00:04:57,531 --> 00:04:59,498 But because of what these assholes did 87 00:04:59,500 --> 00:05:01,433 to my brother inside, 88 00:05:01,435 --> 00:05:04,369 he couldn't deal with it. 89 00:05:04,371 --> 00:05:07,306 [exhales, sniffles] 90 00:05:13,781 --> 00:05:17,482 - I went up to the house and... 91 00:05:17,484 --> 00:05:20,552 the family was there. 92 00:05:20,554 --> 00:05:22,721 It was a terrible place to be. 93 00:05:22,723 --> 00:05:25,824 ♪ ♪ 94 00:05:25,826 --> 00:05:27,626 And... 95 00:05:27,628 --> 00:05:31,063 I felt like time's been, like, against us. 96 00:05:32,466 --> 00:05:34,633 - He was really trying, 97 00:05:34,635 --> 00:05:38,170 but something deeper was a lot more powerful 98 00:05:38,172 --> 00:05:40,205 than anything anybody could do. 99 00:05:40,207 --> 00:05:47,145 ♪ ♪ 100 00:05:49,683 --> 00:05:54,319 - The Friday night before he took his life, 101 00:05:54,321 --> 00:05:58,957 he was reading messages every 15 minutes. 102 00:05:58,959 --> 00:06:01,426 He was pacing back and forth. 103 00:06:01,428 --> 00:06:03,562 ♪ ♪ 104 00:06:03,564 --> 00:06:07,299 He said, "Ma, they warned me, and I didn't listen, 105 00:06:07,301 --> 00:06:10,235 so my life is over. They're coming after me." 106 00:06:10,237 --> 00:06:12,137 ♪ ♪ 107 00:06:12,139 --> 00:06:15,140 - It was a train wreck of events. 108 00:06:15,142 --> 00:06:16,575 ♪ ♪ 109 00:06:16,577 --> 00:06:19,077 He got stabbed, 110 00:06:19,079 --> 00:06:20,779 he got shot, 111 00:06:20,781 --> 00:06:25,250 he got arrested on a new case, 112 00:06:25,252 --> 00:06:28,153 and he had to go back to court. 113 00:06:28,155 --> 00:06:33,792 ♪ ♪ 114 00:06:33,794 --> 00:06:36,361 - And I know Kalief did not wanna go back. 115 00:06:36,363 --> 00:06:38,597 He did not wanna go back because they lied to him the first time, 116 00:06:38,599 --> 00:06:41,867 so what was gonna keep them from not taking him again. 117 00:06:41,869 --> 00:06:44,903 - You survived what most people never could, 118 00:06:44,905 --> 00:06:47,305 and I'm very proud of you. - Thank you. 119 00:06:47,307 --> 00:06:48,974 - Very proud of you. - Thank you. 120 00:06:48,976 --> 00:06:50,842 - I would check in with him, like, "How's it going? 121 00:06:50,844 --> 00:06:52,511 What's going on?" 122 00:06:52,513 --> 00:06:54,813 ♪ ♪ 123 00:06:54,815 --> 00:06:57,315 And he was doing well. 124 00:06:57,317 --> 00:06:59,084 [chimes] 125 00:07:00,954 --> 00:07:02,220 [pings] 126 00:07:04,224 --> 00:07:05,490 [chimes] 127 00:07:06,960 --> 00:07:08,260 [pings] 128 00:07:13,934 --> 00:07:15,934 In the morning, 129 00:07:15,936 --> 00:07:18,203 about noon, 130 00:07:18,205 --> 00:07:20,172 he wrote me, "I'm sorry. 131 00:07:20,174 --> 00:07:22,741 "I just have to go away for a while. 132 00:07:22,743 --> 00:07:24,876 "There's mental pressures. 133 00:07:24,878 --> 00:07:27,045 I hope you can understand." 134 00:07:27,047 --> 00:07:29,681 [pings] I was like, "No problem. 135 00:07:29,683 --> 00:07:32,384 I'm here. I love you." 136 00:07:32,386 --> 00:07:33,518 ♪ ♪ 137 00:07:33,520 --> 00:07:36,555 So I could not believe it. 138 00:07:36,557 --> 00:07:39,624 [emotionally] I couldn't believe it. 139 00:07:39,626 --> 00:07:43,028 I still have trouble believing it. 140 00:07:45,666 --> 00:07:47,833 - [sniffles] I'm still in shock. 141 00:07:47,835 --> 00:07:50,502 To me, it's still-- it's still surreal. 142 00:07:52,940 --> 00:07:54,906 - [quietly] I can't believe it. 143 00:07:54,908 --> 00:08:01,847 ♪ ♪ 144 00:08:07,187 --> 00:08:08,420 [sighs] 145 00:08:08,422 --> 00:08:15,360 ♪ ♪ 146 00:08:17,998 --> 00:08:21,433 - I don't know what he could have become. 147 00:08:21,435 --> 00:08:23,702 ♪ ♪ 148 00:08:23,704 --> 00:08:26,004 Maybe he would've been an author. 149 00:08:26,006 --> 00:08:28,139 What if he would've been a physicist? 150 00:08:28,141 --> 00:08:31,409 What if he would have come up with the cure for cancer? 151 00:08:31,411 --> 00:08:34,446 [gear clicks] 152 00:08:34,448 --> 00:08:35,413 [gears whirring] 153 00:08:35,415 --> 00:08:38,283 - I just wanted to be an activist, 154 00:08:38,285 --> 00:08:40,418 you know, stand up for certain things 155 00:08:40,420 --> 00:08:42,921 that I believe is right. 156 00:08:42,923 --> 00:08:45,557 - The conversation started with Eric Garner, 157 00:08:45,559 --> 00:08:48,860 and then we started talking about the black experience, 158 00:08:48,862 --> 00:08:50,662 and racism... 159 00:08:50,664 --> 00:08:51,930 - Not guilty. 160 00:08:51,932 --> 00:08:54,466 - And I could see his growth. 161 00:08:54,468 --> 00:08:56,368 He was thinking analytically 162 00:08:56,370 --> 00:09:00,438 because he was asking questions of the larger society. 163 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:03,408 This is now not just his case. 164 00:09:03,410 --> 00:09:05,110 - You know, I mean, it's hard. 165 00:09:05,112 --> 00:09:07,712 like, you know, I'm supposed to trust the police, 166 00:09:07,714 --> 00:09:10,682 but I see a lot of stuff going on out here. 167 00:09:10,684 --> 00:09:12,617 - [shouting] 168 00:09:12,619 --> 00:09:13,885 - You know, I just wanna be somebody 169 00:09:13,887 --> 00:09:15,620 to stand up and make a change. 170 00:09:15,622 --> 00:09:16,955 ♪ ♪ 171 00:09:16,957 --> 00:09:19,257 - All these brave figures that we celebrate, 172 00:09:19,259 --> 00:09:21,893 it takes for their energy to no longer be there 173 00:09:21,895 --> 00:09:24,429 for us to learn from it. By my definition, 174 00:09:24,431 --> 00:09:28,833 a prophet is any field of energy 175 00:09:28,835 --> 00:09:32,571 that can cause major change over generations. 176 00:09:32,573 --> 00:09:35,307 - Whose lives matter? all: Black lives matter! 177 00:09:35,309 --> 00:09:38,343 - His suicide is not a suicide. 178 00:09:38,345 --> 00:09:40,312 It really is murder. 179 00:09:40,314 --> 00:09:42,948 - Say his name! all: Kalief Browder! 180 00:09:42,950 --> 00:09:45,250 - If the tragedy of Kalief Browder 181 00:09:45,252 --> 00:09:48,653 is not a powerful enough impetus for reform, 182 00:09:48,655 --> 00:09:49,988 I don't know what is. 183 00:09:49,990 --> 00:09:52,223 - The suicide death of Kalief Browder 184 00:09:52,225 --> 00:09:54,359 is now shining the spotlight on Rikers Island 185 00:09:54,361 --> 00:09:56,828 in the city's criminal justice system. 186 00:09:56,830 --> 00:09:58,530 - When he committed suicide in June, 187 00:09:58,532 --> 00:10:01,499 it sparked rallies and protests and comments from the mayor. 188 00:10:01,501 --> 00:10:02,701 - There's just no reason 189 00:10:02,703 --> 00:10:04,102 he should have gone through that ordeal. 190 00:10:04,104 --> 00:10:06,705 - Spurring a louder call for bail reform. 191 00:10:06,707 --> 00:10:08,673 - The bail system is broken. 192 00:10:08,675 --> 00:10:10,375 - But we're standing here and we're talking about it 193 00:10:10,377 --> 00:10:12,477 because of the tragedy. 194 00:10:12,479 --> 00:10:15,847 - Wake up, America, 'cause the dream has been over. 195 00:10:15,849 --> 00:10:18,383 - Time for an aggressive look at a crisis 196 00:10:18,385 --> 00:10:20,385 of constitutional rights to a speedy trial. 197 00:10:20,387 --> 00:10:22,220 I carry a bill to fix this, 198 00:10:22,222 --> 00:10:23,655 uh, named for Kalief Browder. 199 00:10:23,657 --> 00:10:26,524 - The bill would build in court delay 200 00:10:26,526 --> 00:10:29,427 into the calculations of speedy trial time. 201 00:10:29,429 --> 00:10:31,763 - News of Kalief Browder taking his life 202 00:10:31,765 --> 00:10:33,398 renewed calls from lawmakers 203 00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:36,401 to finally raise the age of criminal responsibility 204 00:10:36,403 --> 00:10:37,736 in New York State. 205 00:10:37,738 --> 00:10:39,371 - If black lives really matter 206 00:10:39,373 --> 00:10:41,006 then we will raise the age 207 00:10:41,008 --> 00:10:43,508 and stop treating kids as adults. 208 00:10:43,510 --> 00:10:45,377 - Once his story became public 209 00:10:45,379 --> 00:10:47,746 it caused a lot of people to act. 210 00:10:47,748 --> 00:10:49,047 - I've asked my attorney general 211 00:10:49,049 --> 00:10:50,815 to start a review 212 00:10:50,817 --> 00:10:53,084 of the overuse of solitary confinement 213 00:10:53,086 --> 00:10:54,786 across American prison. 214 00:10:54,788 --> 00:10:56,287 [cheers and applause] 215 00:10:56,289 --> 00:10:57,622 [dramatic music] 216 00:10:57,624 --> 00:10:58,990 Do we really think it makes sense 217 00:10:58,992 --> 00:11:01,793 to lock so many people alone in tiny cells 218 00:11:01,795 --> 00:11:04,929 for 23 hours a day for years at a time? 219 00:11:04,931 --> 00:11:07,132 That is not going to make us safer, 220 00:11:07,134 --> 00:11:10,702 and if those individuals are ultimately released, 221 00:11:10,704 --> 00:11:13,972 how are they ever going to adapt? 222 00:11:13,974 --> 00:11:16,641 - President Obama announcing major change Monday 223 00:11:16,643 --> 00:11:18,777 on the use of solitary confinement. 224 00:11:18,779 --> 00:11:21,579 - He announced a ban on solitary confinement 225 00:11:21,581 --> 00:11:23,682 for juveniles in federal prison. 226 00:11:23,684 --> 00:11:26,785 - Writing an op-ed in Tuesday's "Washington Post," 227 00:11:26,787 --> 00:11:29,654 Obama cites the tragic case of Kalief Browder 228 00:11:29,656 --> 00:11:31,189 in New York City. 229 00:11:31,191 --> 00:11:32,357 - New York did away 230 00:11:32,359 --> 00:11:33,825 with solitary confinement 231 00:11:33,827 --> 00:11:35,827 for 16- and 17-year-olds. 232 00:11:35,829 --> 00:11:37,328 Plans were announced to fix 233 00:11:37,330 --> 00:11:38,930 a right to a speedy trial. 234 00:11:38,932 --> 00:11:40,632 There are also calls for a change 235 00:11:40,634 --> 00:11:42,167 to the cash bail system. 236 00:11:42,169 --> 00:11:45,537 - Our goal is closing these institutions altogether. 237 00:11:45,539 --> 00:11:48,506 all: [chanting] Shut it down! 238 00:11:48,508 --> 00:11:49,874 - Call his name! all: Kalief Browder! 239 00:11:49,876 --> 00:11:51,810 - Call his name! [together] Kalief Browder! 240 00:11:51,812 --> 00:11:58,717 ♪ ♪ 241 00:11:58,719 --> 00:12:00,685 - [sighs] 242 00:12:00,687 --> 00:12:04,222 The ivy is growing, 243 00:12:04,224 --> 00:12:06,624 but only right there, 244 00:12:06,626 --> 00:12:10,462 and that's the room where Kalief took his life. 245 00:12:10,464 --> 00:12:13,298 There's no ivy growing on the side. 246 00:12:13,300 --> 00:12:15,867 It's just right there. 247 00:12:15,869 --> 00:12:17,869 ♪ ♪ 248 00:12:17,871 --> 00:12:21,806 It--it's hard to explain, but you can see it. 249 00:12:21,808 --> 00:12:25,477 ♪ ♪ 250 00:12:25,479 --> 00:12:28,313 - I can see it. 251 00:12:28,315 --> 00:12:32,751 His energy will shift the world. 252 00:12:32,753 --> 00:12:33,985 [clicks] 253 00:12:37,023 --> 00:12:40,024 [soft dramatic music] 254 00:12:40,026 --> 00:12:44,796 ♪ ♪ 255 00:12:44,798 --> 00:12:47,565 - This card is very special. 256 00:12:47,567 --> 00:12:49,868 It's a mother's day card 257 00:12:49,870 --> 00:12:52,771 from Kalief, 258 00:12:52,773 --> 00:12:56,141 and it says, "To my amazing mother. 259 00:12:56,143 --> 00:12:58,042 "You're generous, caring, 260 00:12:58,044 --> 00:13:00,245 "kind, smart, funny, 261 00:13:00,247 --> 00:13:02,847 "encouraging, loving, giving, 262 00:13:02,849 --> 00:13:04,816 "honest, compassionate, 263 00:13:04,818 --> 00:13:07,719 and just plain awesome," 264 00:13:07,721 --> 00:13:09,988 and Kalief wrote, 265 00:13:09,990 --> 00:13:12,257 "Thanks for always being there for me, 266 00:13:12,259 --> 00:13:14,626 trusting and believing in me." 267 00:13:14,628 --> 00:13:15,727 ♪ ♪ 268 00:13:15,729 --> 00:13:18,730 [sighs deeply] 269 00:13:18,732 --> 00:13:20,732 ♪ ♪ 270 00:13:20,734 --> 00:13:24,502 I'm just waiting for the day Kalief gets justice. 271 00:13:26,106 --> 00:13:28,173 ♪ ♪ 272 00:13:28,175 --> 00:13:29,674 Hopefully things will happen 273 00:13:29,676 --> 00:13:31,309 where his name just keeps going, 274 00:13:31,311 --> 00:13:33,711 and what he stood for. 275 00:13:33,713 --> 00:13:35,046 Justice failed him, 276 00:13:35,048 --> 00:13:37,849 but he still believed in justice, 277 00:13:37,851 --> 00:13:42,420 and he is the face of truth and justice. 278 00:13:42,422 --> 00:13:44,956 And I believe that wholeheartedly. 279 00:13:44,958 --> 00:13:47,258 He was here for a reason. 280 00:13:47,260 --> 00:13:50,428 I just wish... 281 00:13:50,430 --> 00:13:53,231 that he could of found another way to do it. 282 00:13:53,233 --> 00:13:55,066 I'm sorry, 283 00:13:55,068 --> 00:13:59,304 but why did it have to be him? [sighs] 284 00:13:59,306 --> 00:14:04,309 ♪ ♪ 285 00:14:04,311 --> 00:14:07,312 - Is nobody willing to say, "You know what? 286 00:14:07,314 --> 00:14:09,380 I dropped the ball on this"? 287 00:14:09,382 --> 00:14:12,483 Where's the prosecutor who says "I messed up"? 288 00:14:12,485 --> 00:14:15,920 Where's the judge who says "We got this wrong"? 289 00:14:15,922 --> 00:14:20,191 And that needs to be said, like, even to help his family heal. 290 00:14:20,193 --> 00:14:23,895 Somebody needs to admit that they could have done better. 291 00:14:23,897 --> 00:14:25,697 - Bronx District Attorney Robert Johnson 292 00:14:25,699 --> 00:14:28,233 is looking to leave his post in a controversial move 293 00:14:28,235 --> 00:14:31,269 that would let party officials hand pick his successor. 294 00:14:31,271 --> 00:14:34,239 - A maneuver that's legal, but not necessarily ethical. 295 00:14:34,241 --> 00:14:35,940 - Uh, no I'm not ta-- I'm not saying anything 296 00:14:35,942 --> 00:14:37,141 beyond what I said inside. 297 00:14:37,143 --> 00:14:40,078 - A move like this has been rumored for some time. 298 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:42,146 There were even reports that he was being pressured 299 00:14:42,148 --> 00:14:43,481 to step down. 300 00:14:43,483 --> 00:14:46,484 [dramatic music] 301 00:14:46,486 --> 00:14:53,424 ♪ ♪ 302 00:14:55,161 --> 00:14:57,795 - Why do you think the party leaders selected you? 303 00:14:57,797 --> 00:14:59,731 - I think it's the experience that I've had. 304 00:14:59,733 --> 00:15:00,732 [whirring, clicking] 305 00:15:00,734 --> 00:15:07,672 ♪ ♪ 306 00:15:11,878 --> 00:15:13,711 - Zero contrition on the part 307 00:15:13,713 --> 00:15:15,980 of correction officer union president Norman Seabrook. 308 00:15:15,982 --> 00:15:18,716 - There's lots of brutality. 309 00:15:18,718 --> 00:15:20,652 Horrible brutality. 310 00:15:20,654 --> 00:15:23,121 - These are murderers, rapists, arsonists... 311 00:15:23,123 --> 00:15:24,255 - They have broken bones in their face. 312 00:15:24,257 --> 00:15:25,623 - Hold on. Let me ask you. 313 00:15:25,625 --> 00:15:27,625 Do you think that they come there and say, 314 00:15:27,627 --> 00:15:30,395 let me play nice with the correction officers? 315 00:15:30,397 --> 00:15:32,830 I met Kalief's mother, 316 00:15:32,832 --> 00:15:35,667 and I was apologetic for anything that she may assume 317 00:15:35,669 --> 00:15:37,135 that we did that we didn't do 318 00:15:37,137 --> 00:15:39,370 or we did that we shouldn't have done. 319 00:15:39,372 --> 00:15:43,574 - Let us hear now from the Bronx district attorney. 320 00:15:43,576 --> 00:15:46,544 - I inherited a lot of things, okay? 321 00:15:46,546 --> 00:15:48,212 So it's not all mine. 322 00:15:48,214 --> 00:15:50,214 - Kalief Browder 323 00:15:50,216 --> 00:15:54,452 to be kept on Rikers Island for three years 324 00:15:54,454 --> 00:15:55,920 is a disgrace. 325 00:15:55,922 --> 00:15:58,823 [applause] 326 00:15:58,825 --> 00:16:01,893 - My approach is to make sure that all the investiga-- 327 00:16:15,909 --> 00:16:17,575 Rikers Island... They're the ones responsible. 328 00:16:17,577 --> 00:16:19,043 They're the ones that should be up on charges 329 00:16:19,045 --> 00:16:21,179 and be facing punishment and repercussions 330 00:16:21,181 --> 00:16:22,814 for what their role has been. 331 00:16:22,816 --> 00:16:23,982 - New York City corrections officer, 332 00:16:23,984 --> 00:16:25,416 the head of the union, Norman Seabrook... 333 00:16:25,418 --> 00:16:27,185 - Norman Seabrook, one of the most powerful 334 00:16:27,187 --> 00:16:28,820 union presidents in all of New York... 335 00:16:28,822 --> 00:16:31,122 - Was arrested on federal charges of corruption. 336 00:16:31,124 --> 00:16:34,792 - Seabrook is accused of taking $60,000 in kickbacks 337 00:16:34,794 --> 00:16:38,062 for funneling union pension funds into a hedge fund. 338 00:16:38,064 --> 00:16:40,498 - Seabrook was paid in a very old-fashioned way, 339 00:16:40,500 --> 00:16:42,133 cash stuffed inside 340 00:16:42,135 --> 00:16:45,970 an $800 Salvatore Ferragamo handbag. 341 00:16:45,972 --> 00:16:47,705 - The FBI found the designer bag 342 00:16:47,707 --> 00:16:50,274 during a raid of Seabrook's home Wednesday morning. 343 00:16:50,276 --> 00:16:51,843 - Seabrook complained to a friend 344 00:16:51,845 --> 00:16:55,279 that it was time that Norman Seabrook got paid. 345 00:16:55,281 --> 00:16:58,616 - U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara alleges Seabrook got paid. 346 00:16:58,618 --> 00:17:00,818 - We intend to be as aggressive as ever 347 00:17:00,820 --> 00:17:03,688 in exposing corruption wherever we find it, 348 00:17:03,690 --> 00:17:05,390 and it is too bad 349 00:17:05,392 --> 00:17:06,924 that we seem to find it 350 00:17:06,926 --> 00:17:08,626 everywhere we look. 351 00:17:08,628 --> 00:17:11,629 [camera shutters clicking] 352 00:17:11,631 --> 00:17:14,065 ♪ ♪ 353 00:17:14,067 --> 00:17:15,833 - This is "Nightline." 354 00:17:15,835 --> 00:17:17,902 Tonight, Victim of the System. 355 00:17:17,904 --> 00:17:20,671 Kalief Browder's life behind bars was a nightmare, 356 00:17:20,673 --> 00:17:22,306 but he refused to plead guilty 357 00:17:22,308 --> 00:17:24,709 to a crime he said he didn't commit. 358 00:17:24,711 --> 00:17:28,479 Tonight, how his mother is working to find justice. 359 00:17:28,481 --> 00:17:31,816 - Has anyone apologized to you from Rikers? 360 00:17:31,818 --> 00:17:34,152 - No. - From the prosecutor's office? 361 00:17:34,154 --> 00:17:36,454 - No. 362 00:17:36,456 --> 00:17:38,423 It's not one person, 363 00:17:38,425 --> 00:17:40,525 it's a whole system 364 00:17:40,527 --> 00:17:42,627 that destroyed my son, 365 00:17:42,629 --> 00:17:45,763 and I want them all to pay. 366 00:17:45,765 --> 00:17:47,765 - We're on a quest for justice right now, Byron. 367 00:17:47,767 --> 00:17:49,400 Admit you did something wrong here. 368 00:17:49,402 --> 00:17:51,602 'Cause that was always Kalief's message. 369 00:17:51,604 --> 00:17:53,704 How many young men have to go through this? 370 00:17:53,706 --> 00:17:56,040 [soft dramatic music] 371 00:17:56,042 --> 00:17:57,575 We were left with trying to figure out 372 00:17:57,577 --> 00:18:01,312 how to pick up the pieces and find justice. 373 00:18:01,314 --> 00:18:03,915 From his arrest to his incarceration 374 00:18:03,917 --> 00:18:05,716 to the endless prosecution 375 00:18:05,718 --> 00:18:07,351 to even after the fact 376 00:18:07,353 --> 00:18:09,487 where he wasn't give proper medical care 377 00:18:09,489 --> 00:18:11,656 by the city hospitals, 378 00:18:11,658 --> 00:18:14,358 and we filed a wrongful death suit, 379 00:18:14,360 --> 00:18:18,229 alleging that it was the system that killed Kalief in this case. 380 00:18:18,231 --> 00:18:21,232 [dramatic music] 381 00:18:21,234 --> 00:18:26,104 ♪ ♪ 382 00:18:26,106 --> 00:18:27,872 - Check out... - But why Kalief? 383 00:18:27,874 --> 00:18:29,307 There are hundreds of Kaliefs. - Paul Prestia has been with 384 00:18:29,309 --> 00:18:31,909 and representing the Browders since the beginning. 385 00:18:31,911 --> 00:18:33,211 - I don't think anybody could really understand. 386 00:18:33,213 --> 00:18:34,879 - Kalief was a walking dollar sign. 387 00:18:34,881 --> 00:18:36,514 - The 21-year-old had recently been reliving 388 00:18:36,516 --> 00:18:38,983 those excruciating memories in depositions, 389 00:18:38,985 --> 00:18:41,419 as he hoped for a settlement and an apology from the city. 390 00:18:41,421 --> 00:18:43,621 - The mother and father don't get along at all. 391 00:18:43,623 --> 00:18:44,956 They're separated, 392 00:18:44,958 --> 00:18:46,724 they're still, I guess, technically married, 393 00:18:46,726 --> 00:18:48,559 but they don't live in the same house. 394 00:19:00,640 --> 00:19:07,011 ♪ ♪ 395 00:19:08,281 --> 00:19:11,282 - He's doing this for the money, of course. 396 00:19:11,284 --> 00:19:12,683 ♪ ♪ 397 00:19:12,685 --> 00:19:14,051 Once he left my mom, 398 00:19:14,053 --> 00:19:17,155 he wasn't a part of Kalief's life at all. 399 00:19:17,157 --> 00:19:18,489 ♪ ♪ 400 00:19:18,491 --> 00:19:19,657 My dad never visit him. 401 00:19:19,659 --> 00:19:20,958 He never even talked about him. 402 00:19:20,960 --> 00:19:22,693 He didn't care. 403 00:19:22,695 --> 00:19:25,062 When Kalief needed the $900, the bail, 404 00:19:25,064 --> 00:19:26,797 he had the money, 405 00:19:26,799 --> 00:19:29,667 but he never gave the money. 406 00:19:29,669 --> 00:19:31,636 He thought Kalief was a criminal. 407 00:19:31,638 --> 00:19:34,472 This whole time, he thought he did it. 408 00:19:34,474 --> 00:19:38,309 He thought he was, you know, guilty. 409 00:19:52,425 --> 00:19:53,991 - If my brother would've seen that, 410 00:19:53,993 --> 00:19:56,260 do you know how disgusted he would feel? 411 00:19:56,262 --> 00:19:59,230 [soft dramatic music] 412 00:19:59,232 --> 00:20:03,834 [indistinct chatter] 413 00:20:03,836 --> 00:20:05,603 - The city has a moral obligation 414 00:20:05,605 --> 00:20:07,638 to pay this family the appropriate damages 415 00:20:07,640 --> 00:20:09,173 that they're entitled to 416 00:20:09,175 --> 00:20:12,276 for what happened to this young man in prison, 417 00:20:12,278 --> 00:20:15,546 which ultimately led to his suicide. 418 00:20:15,548 --> 00:20:17,215 - This has been my case for three years. 419 00:20:17,217 --> 00:20:19,350 I'm not about to just give it up 420 00:20:19,352 --> 00:20:21,552 because some attorney wants to [bleep] show up 421 00:20:21,554 --> 00:20:24,355 and parade himself around. 422 00:20:24,357 --> 00:20:25,723 - We're happy to talk to the city, 423 00:20:25,725 --> 00:20:26,891 but at the end of the day, 424 00:20:26,893 --> 00:20:29,527 appropriate damages need to be paid. 425 00:20:31,497 --> 00:20:33,364 - No, no, he represents the mother. 426 00:20:33,366 --> 00:20:34,865 He--he has a right to be in the case. 427 00:20:34,867 --> 00:20:36,400 - Mr. Browder, will you make a comment 428 00:20:36,402 --> 00:20:37,902 about the case and what's gonna happen today? 429 00:20:37,904 --> 00:20:39,403 - Well, I would like to go to trial. 430 00:20:39,405 --> 00:20:40,838 - No, he's gonna--he's gonna resolve everything with me. 431 00:20:40,840 --> 00:20:42,006 We're gonna make comments outside. 432 00:20:42,008 --> 00:20:43,207 Let's go outside. - Okay. 433 00:20:43,209 --> 00:20:45,476 - Come outside. You can listen to us outside. 434 00:20:45,478 --> 00:20:47,178 You guys ready? - Yeah, we're good. 435 00:20:47,180 --> 00:20:49,547 - All right, we were here today for a conference 436 00:20:49,549 --> 00:20:52,850 before the court in the civil lawsuit 437 00:20:52,852 --> 00:20:56,087 involving the wrongful death of Kalief Browder. 438 00:20:56,089 --> 00:20:58,155 It is clear to his father 439 00:20:58,157 --> 00:21:00,558 that what happened to him 440 00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:04,262 should be exposed at a public trial. 441 00:21:04,264 --> 00:21:06,163 Certainly the mayor of the city 442 00:21:06,165 --> 00:21:08,132 should be deposed under oath. 443 00:21:08,134 --> 00:21:09,700 - Mr. Browder, can you tell us your feelings 444 00:21:09,702 --> 00:21:11,135 about Kalief's passing, 445 00:21:11,137 --> 00:21:14,138 and how he's had an effect on the criminal justice system? 446 00:21:14,140 --> 00:21:16,340 - Well, I would like to go to trial 447 00:21:16,342 --> 00:21:19,377 so the whole world will know what they did to my son. 448 00:21:19,379 --> 00:21:21,512 That's all I have to say right now. 449 00:21:21,514 --> 00:21:23,080 - Questions? - Can you tell us... 450 00:21:23,082 --> 00:21:26,150 - I'm angry, pissed off, 451 00:21:26,152 --> 00:21:28,119 and it shouldn't be. 452 00:21:28,121 --> 00:21:30,087 You know, I'm in pain every day, 453 00:21:30,089 --> 00:21:32,523 and to have somebody just come along 454 00:21:32,525 --> 00:21:36,961 and wanna showboat... 455 00:21:36,963 --> 00:21:40,231 I mean it's not fair to Kalief and it's not fair to me. 456 00:21:40,233 --> 00:21:46,804 ♪ ♪ 457 00:21:46,806 --> 00:21:50,174 So sometime I'll just got to sleep 458 00:21:50,176 --> 00:21:52,143 to keep from thinking. 459 00:21:52,145 --> 00:21:54,178 ♪ ♪ 460 00:21:54,180 --> 00:21:57,048 I just stay in my room every day, 461 00:21:57,050 --> 00:21:59,583 don't go anywhere. 462 00:21:59,585 --> 00:22:01,585 ♪ ♪ 463 00:22:01,587 --> 00:22:04,422 I think about Kalief. 464 00:22:04,424 --> 00:22:07,658 I cry. 465 00:22:07,660 --> 00:22:09,493 They keep telling me that's the probably, 466 00:22:09,495 --> 00:22:13,264 that all I wanna do is stay in my room. 467 00:22:13,266 --> 00:22:17,668 - I see my mom declining and it's hurting me. 468 00:22:17,670 --> 00:22:20,805 When she tells me, "I don't wanna fight anymore." 469 00:22:20,807 --> 00:22:25,109 - I have three stints in my heart. 470 00:22:25,111 --> 00:22:26,777 They won't put anymore. 471 00:22:26,779 --> 00:22:30,247 The next step is open heart surgery, 472 00:22:30,249 --> 00:22:33,351 and I don't want that. 473 00:22:33,353 --> 00:22:36,354 ♪ ♪ 474 00:22:36,356 --> 00:22:39,590 I'm just so depressed 475 00:22:39,592 --> 00:22:41,926 that I stopped taking my medicine. 476 00:22:41,928 --> 00:22:47,565 I don't care about anything. 477 00:22:47,567 --> 00:22:50,668 Whether I live or die. 478 00:22:50,670 --> 00:22:54,171 ♪ ♪ 479 00:22:56,676 --> 00:22:58,542 [soft dramatic music] 480 00:22:58,544 --> 00:23:01,245 - I don't have a normal heart, 481 00:23:01,247 --> 00:23:03,381 a full heart. 482 00:23:03,383 --> 00:23:05,616 It's a damaged heart. 483 00:23:05,618 --> 00:23:09,353 And it got damaged even more 484 00:23:09,355 --> 00:23:12,823 from losing my son. 485 00:23:12,825 --> 00:23:15,693 I was so depressed 486 00:23:15,695 --> 00:23:18,429 that I stopped taking my medicine. 487 00:23:18,431 --> 00:23:21,565 It was like I didn't care. [sirens wailing] 488 00:23:21,567 --> 00:23:23,801 It made me very ill. 489 00:23:23,803 --> 00:23:26,837 ♪ ♪ 490 00:23:26,839 --> 00:23:29,573 I ended up in the hospital 491 00:23:29,575 --> 00:23:32,076 gasping for air. 492 00:23:32,078 --> 00:23:34,812 But it's like something came over me 493 00:23:34,814 --> 00:23:37,348 and said, "No, you gotta fix this. 494 00:23:37,350 --> 00:23:39,583 'Cause you have a job to do." 495 00:23:39,585 --> 00:23:41,552 [dramatic music] 496 00:23:41,554 --> 00:23:43,554 Kalief was my son. 497 00:23:43,556 --> 00:23:45,523 I know what he went through. 498 00:23:45,525 --> 00:23:48,426 I went through a lot with him. 499 00:23:48,428 --> 00:23:52,163 To see somebody that really didn't care 500 00:23:52,165 --> 00:23:55,166 and all you're talking about is money. 501 00:23:55,168 --> 00:23:57,668 Like he's a commodity. 502 00:23:57,670 --> 00:23:59,837 He's not a commodity, 503 00:23:59,839 --> 00:24:02,440 that's my son, 504 00:24:02,442 --> 00:24:03,808 and I love him. 505 00:24:03,810 --> 00:24:05,910 ♪ ♪ 506 00:24:05,912 --> 00:24:08,078 I have to keep his story going, 507 00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:10,781 to get people to understand 508 00:24:10,783 --> 00:24:12,850 what he went through. 509 00:24:12,852 --> 00:24:16,320 He can't speak for himself so I'm his words now. 510 00:24:16,322 --> 00:24:19,156 They could not get him to take a plea deal 511 00:24:19,158 --> 00:24:21,892 for something he did not do. But the problem is, 512 00:24:21,894 --> 00:24:24,528 a lot of kids do take a plea deal. 513 00:24:24,530 --> 00:24:27,631 Then when it's time to get a decent job you can't, 514 00:24:27,633 --> 00:24:30,201 because you have a felony. 515 00:24:30,203 --> 00:24:32,336 Before Kalief's death, 516 00:24:32,338 --> 00:24:34,605 I never spoke out anywhere 517 00:24:34,607 --> 00:24:36,774 except to my kids... 518 00:24:36,776 --> 00:24:38,108 [ticking] 519 00:24:38,110 --> 00:24:40,344 But now I have to fight. 520 00:24:40,346 --> 00:24:41,645 The city won't acknowledge it, 521 00:24:41,647 --> 00:24:44,648 Rikers, NYPD, the judicial system, 522 00:24:44,650 --> 00:24:47,952 all three of them had a part in my son's death. 523 00:24:47,954 --> 00:24:50,020 I don't want his story to die, 524 00:24:50,022 --> 00:24:52,056 I don't want people to forget 525 00:24:52,058 --> 00:24:54,925 who Kalief Browder was. 526 00:24:54,927 --> 00:24:57,261 Kalief kept saying, "I don't know this guy, 527 00:24:57,263 --> 00:24:59,129 I didn't rob him." 528 00:24:59,131 --> 00:25:00,431 [sighs] 529 00:25:00,433 --> 00:25:03,234 I have to get the strength to go out there, 530 00:25:03,236 --> 00:25:04,568 because if I don't 531 00:25:04,570 --> 00:25:07,771 I can't expect anybody else to do it. 532 00:25:07,773 --> 00:25:10,040 People care 533 00:25:10,042 --> 00:25:12,676 because they see I care him. 534 00:25:12,678 --> 00:25:15,246 The system needs to be changed 535 00:25:15,248 --> 00:25:18,516 'cause there's a lot of other Kaliefs out there. 536 00:25:18,518 --> 00:25:19,783 [ticking] 537 00:25:19,785 --> 00:25:22,520 This is my job, this is what I have to do now. 538 00:25:22,522 --> 00:25:25,723 And wherever I'm asked to speak I will. 539 00:25:25,725 --> 00:25:28,092 - Hey, how are you? - Hi, Jay Z! 540 00:25:28,094 --> 00:25:29,627 ♪ ♪ 541 00:25:29,629 --> 00:25:33,597 It's too late unfortunately for my son Kalief, 542 00:25:33,599 --> 00:25:36,433 but it will definitely benefit other youths. 543 00:25:36,435 --> 00:25:38,802 He's not the first kid that it happened to, 544 00:25:38,804 --> 00:25:40,471 but he's my son. 545 00:25:40,473 --> 00:25:42,773 I'm fighting for justice for Kalief. 546 00:25:42,775 --> 00:25:45,709 [applause] 547 00:25:57,290 --> 00:25:59,823 - Beautiful. - It's really pretty. 548 00:25:59,825 --> 00:26:01,692 [soft music] 549 00:26:01,694 --> 00:26:02,960 You wanna cut it? - Huh? 550 00:26:02,962 --> 00:26:03,994 [indistinct chatter] 551 00:26:03,996 --> 00:26:07,197 ♪ ♪ 552 00:26:07,199 --> 00:26:10,000 [sighs] 553 00:26:10,002 --> 00:26:12,836 He should be here. 554 00:26:12,838 --> 00:26:16,473 ♪ ♪ 555 00:26:16,475 --> 00:26:18,809 I just wanna say, let this day, 556 00:26:18,811 --> 00:26:21,245 May 29th, 2016, 557 00:26:21,247 --> 00:26:23,447 be remembered as the day we came together 558 00:26:23,449 --> 00:26:26,350 to pay tribute to a young hero, Kalief Browder. 559 00:26:26,352 --> 00:26:29,954 It's also the day Kalief claimed as his new birthday, 560 00:26:29,956 --> 00:26:32,656 because it was the date that he was released from Rikers, 561 00:26:32,658 --> 00:26:37,494 the day he got his freedom. He was reborn. 562 00:26:37,496 --> 00:26:40,965 I love you Kalief. 563 00:26:40,967 --> 00:26:44,168 And mommy miss you so much. 564 00:26:44,170 --> 00:26:45,235 ♪ ♪ 565 00:26:45,237 --> 00:26:46,837 [sniffles] 566 00:26:46,839 --> 00:26:49,540 - Kalief was very smart, 567 00:26:49,542 --> 00:26:52,643 book-wise, street-wise, 568 00:26:52,645 --> 00:26:55,913 hard-headed... 569 00:26:55,915 --> 00:26:57,081 [laughs] A Browder. 570 00:26:57,083 --> 00:26:59,249 [laughs] 571 00:26:59,251 --> 00:27:02,920 But he was also caring and compassionate. 572 00:27:02,922 --> 00:27:06,290 Kalief we miss you, 573 00:27:06,292 --> 00:27:08,459 and I'm sorry I couldn't be the older brother 574 00:27:08,461 --> 00:27:10,160 to help you 575 00:27:10,162 --> 00:27:13,497 get out of that nonsense you was in. 576 00:27:13,499 --> 00:27:17,334 ♪ ♪ 577 00:27:17,336 --> 00:27:20,838 We love you, Kalief. 578 00:27:20,840 --> 00:27:24,341 - A lot of people miss you, Kalief. 579 00:27:24,343 --> 00:27:27,478 You are missed, you are loved. 580 00:27:31,951 --> 00:27:35,552 [soft dramatic music] 581 00:27:35,554 --> 00:27:37,187 - Today is just a celebration, 582 00:27:37,189 --> 00:27:39,857 you know, to remember Kalief for the person he was. 583 00:27:39,859 --> 00:27:43,193 We're celebrating what he accomplished in his life 584 00:27:43,195 --> 00:27:45,229 and what he's still accomplishing. 585 00:27:45,231 --> 00:27:52,169 ♪ ♪ 586 00:28:58,871 --> 00:29:01,839 [dramatic music] 587 00:29:01,841 --> 00:29:04,007 - When I go out and speak, 588 00:29:04,009 --> 00:29:05,743 it's to keep his name going. 589 00:29:05,745 --> 00:29:08,045 To get people to understand 590 00:29:08,047 --> 00:29:09,947 what he went through. 591 00:29:09,949 --> 00:29:12,816 He started something and he couldn't finish, 592 00:29:12,818 --> 00:29:14,017 so now it's up to me. 593 00:29:14,019 --> 00:29:15,886 The torch was passed to me. 594 00:29:15,888 --> 00:29:19,256 - I would like to acknowledge Mrs. Venida Browder. 595 00:29:19,258 --> 00:29:22,192 [applause] 596 00:29:24,463 --> 00:29:26,363 - Good evening everyone, 597 00:29:26,365 --> 00:29:28,031 I would like to thank all who have made 598 00:29:28,033 --> 00:29:31,001 the Kalief Browder Memorial Scholarship possible. 599 00:29:31,003 --> 00:29:34,238 This scholarship will help formerly incarcerated students 600 00:29:34,240 --> 00:29:36,406 attending Bronx Community College. 601 00:29:36,408 --> 00:29:39,510 Turning a setback in their lives 602 00:29:39,512 --> 00:29:42,613 into a step forward towards a brighter future. 603 00:29:42,615 --> 00:29:45,115 This is exactly what Kalief wanted. 604 00:29:45,117 --> 00:29:48,886 On behalf of myself and my son Kalief, 605 00:29:48,888 --> 00:29:53,190 thank you for your support and all you have done. 606 00:29:53,192 --> 00:29:56,226 [applause] 607 00:29:56,228 --> 00:29:59,730 ♪ ♪ 608 00:29:59,732 --> 00:30:02,032 - She just went for a follow up on her heart, 609 00:30:02,034 --> 00:30:04,902 and it took a turn for the worse. 610 00:30:04,904 --> 00:30:06,537 She has chronic heart failure, 611 00:30:06,539 --> 00:30:09,473 she may need a heart transplant within the next year. 612 00:30:09,475 --> 00:30:11,341 ♪ ♪ 613 00:30:11,343 --> 00:30:14,812 And now all this other stuff is happening. 614 00:30:14,814 --> 00:30:18,515 There's a lot of uncertainty in terms of her house. 615 00:30:18,517 --> 00:30:20,017 - Well, Mommy called me and she said, 616 00:30:20,019 --> 00:30:21,385 "So it's official." 617 00:30:21,387 --> 00:30:23,086 I said, "What are you talking about?" 618 00:30:23,088 --> 00:30:26,723 And she's like, "Daddy wants to sell the house," 619 00:30:26,725 --> 00:30:28,358 and I'm like, 620 00:30:28,360 --> 00:30:30,961 "It's a tactic to force her out the house." 621 00:30:30,963 --> 00:30:32,329 I think it's really selfish... - And no one's going against it. 622 00:30:32,331 --> 00:30:34,031 - It's just an attempt to get more money. 623 00:30:34,033 --> 00:30:37,868 He just knows that Mom is weak. - Yeah. 624 00:30:37,870 --> 00:30:39,837 She's gonna get kicked out. 625 00:30:39,839 --> 00:30:41,972 - Yep. 626 00:30:41,974 --> 00:30:44,441 ♪ ♪ 627 00:30:44,443 --> 00:30:47,911 - I've been here 31 years, 628 00:30:47,913 --> 00:30:51,181 I've raised all my kids here, 629 00:30:51,183 --> 00:30:54,418 Kalief took his life here. 630 00:30:54,420 --> 00:30:57,721 There's a lot of memories in this house, 631 00:30:57,723 --> 00:31:01,358 and especially the ivy that just grows 632 00:31:01,360 --> 00:31:04,261 over the window where Kalief took his life. 633 00:31:04,263 --> 00:31:06,129 Every time I go in that room, 634 00:31:06,131 --> 00:31:08,265 I lift the blinds just so I can see the ivy, 635 00:31:08,267 --> 00:31:09,399 to see how much it's growing, 636 00:31:09,401 --> 00:31:11,835 I say, "Yeah, Kalief, Mommy see you!" 637 00:31:11,837 --> 00:31:13,737 You know, it's-- 638 00:31:13,739 --> 00:31:16,673 it means a lot. 639 00:31:16,675 --> 00:31:19,943 That's his life right there. 640 00:31:19,945 --> 00:31:23,380 That's how I look at it. 641 00:31:23,382 --> 00:31:24,982 If it was up to me, 642 00:31:24,984 --> 00:31:28,819 I'd live here until my last breath. 643 00:31:28,821 --> 00:31:35,759 ♪ ♪ 644 00:31:40,799 --> 00:31:42,966 - My concern with Venida is that, 645 00:31:42,968 --> 00:31:45,903 you know, this case has really taken it's toll. 646 00:31:45,905 --> 00:31:50,307 I mean, she's the one that's really suffered here. 647 00:31:50,309 --> 00:31:51,909 The city could be in a position 648 00:31:51,911 --> 00:31:53,644 where they don't wanna talk about settlement 649 00:31:53,646 --> 00:31:56,980 for another year. 650 00:31:56,982 --> 00:31:59,816 But where's Venida gonna be in a year? 651 00:31:59,818 --> 00:32:02,052 What's her condition gonna be? 652 00:32:02,054 --> 00:32:08,692 ♪ ♪ 653 00:32:08,694 --> 00:32:11,695 - The bad news never ends. 654 00:32:11,697 --> 00:32:13,297 ♪ ♪ 655 00:32:13,299 --> 00:32:16,600 I'm still no closer to justice for Kalief 656 00:32:16,602 --> 00:32:20,103 then from when-- the day we started. 657 00:32:20,105 --> 00:32:23,373 The system slowly but surely 658 00:32:23,375 --> 00:32:26,810 caused his death, 659 00:32:26,812 --> 00:32:29,046 and that's what's happening to me. 660 00:32:34,420 --> 00:32:36,553 - What's important to me? 661 00:32:36,555 --> 00:32:39,856 My family. My family... 662 00:32:39,858 --> 00:32:41,425 - Whee. 663 00:32:41,427 --> 00:32:42,759 - I just wanna see myself 664 00:32:42,761 --> 00:32:44,528 where me and my family are happy 665 00:32:44,530 --> 00:32:47,464 and there's no worries. 666 00:32:47,466 --> 00:32:51,268 You know, we're not stressing over anything, 667 00:32:51,270 --> 00:32:54,271 just having a stable life. 668 00:32:54,273 --> 00:32:56,940 You know, a peace of mind. 669 00:32:56,942 --> 00:32:59,743 ♪ ♪ 670 00:32:59,745 --> 00:33:02,679 [sirens wailing] 671 00:33:09,088 --> 00:33:12,055 [indistinct chatter] 672 00:33:21,367 --> 00:33:22,699 - Excuse me. 673 00:33:22,701 --> 00:33:25,602 [overlapping chatter] 674 00:33:27,573 --> 00:33:28,905 - I don't know what's going on right now 675 00:33:28,907 --> 00:33:31,641 cause... 676 00:33:31,643 --> 00:33:34,044 Can you just come here, please? Thank you. 677 00:33:34,046 --> 00:33:35,746 - My mom had to be, 678 00:33:35,748 --> 00:33:39,116 um, rushed to the hospital, 679 00:33:39,118 --> 00:33:42,386 and she stopped breathing 680 00:33:42,388 --> 00:33:46,556 and my brother Kamal performed CPR. 681 00:33:46,558 --> 00:33:51,261 ♪ ♪ 682 00:33:51,263 --> 00:33:54,698 - She's--she's stable she's gonna pull through. 683 00:33:54,700 --> 00:33:56,800 I have faith in her. 684 00:33:56,802 --> 00:34:03,740 ♪ ♪ 685 00:34:05,177 --> 00:34:08,111 [machine beeping] 686 00:34:12,551 --> 00:34:17,254 - Eddie came through with his henchmen. 687 00:34:17,256 --> 00:34:18,789 - To see him come in there like that, 688 00:34:18,791 --> 00:34:20,457 it really disgusts me. It's like, 689 00:34:20,459 --> 00:34:24,528 "You know what you're doing is wrong." 690 00:34:24,530 --> 00:34:27,764 - She's fighting for her life right now, man. 691 00:34:27,766 --> 00:34:30,967 It's not fair that she has to go through any of this. 692 00:34:30,969 --> 00:34:33,003 My mom put all of us in her house. 693 00:34:33,005 --> 00:34:34,771 We've all been adopted by my mom. 694 00:34:34,773 --> 00:34:36,706 For her to take in all these kids 695 00:34:36,708 --> 00:34:39,743 to lose on of the ones that she took in. 696 00:34:39,745 --> 00:34:42,112 - New York City didn't do anything for her son, 697 00:34:42,114 --> 00:34:43,547 they neglected him, 698 00:34:43,549 --> 00:34:46,083 they didn't take any responsibility, 699 00:34:46,085 --> 00:34:49,019 they didn't believe her or him, 700 00:34:49,021 --> 00:34:51,555 dragging this stupid lawsuit out, 701 00:34:51,557 --> 00:34:54,524 and now my mom is dying for god sake. 702 00:34:54,526 --> 00:34:56,359 She's dying, okay? 703 00:34:56,361 --> 00:34:59,396 [melancholy piano music] 704 00:34:59,398 --> 00:35:06,336 ♪ ♪ 705 00:35:36,435 --> 00:35:43,373 ♪ ♪ 706 00:36:12,738 --> 00:36:15,772 [somber piano music] 707 00:36:15,774 --> 00:36:22,712 ♪ ♪ 708 00:36:27,186 --> 00:36:30,487 - My mom's at peace. 709 00:36:30,489 --> 00:36:33,390 She's no longer suffering. 710 00:36:35,194 --> 00:36:38,195 It's just unfortunate it had to end this way. 711 00:36:43,869 --> 00:36:46,937 - What happened with Kalief 712 00:36:46,939 --> 00:36:49,806 threw her over the edge. 713 00:36:51,510 --> 00:36:55,912 She's better off not having to fight this fight anymore, 714 00:36:55,914 --> 00:36:57,814 but I wanted to see her fight it to the end 715 00:36:57,816 --> 00:37:00,717 'cause that's what she wanted. 716 00:37:00,719 --> 00:37:04,654 She wanted to see Kalief's story get finished. 717 00:37:04,656 --> 00:37:06,656 Now... 718 00:37:06,658 --> 00:37:08,825 she's not gonna have that chance. 719 00:37:08,827 --> 00:37:15,765 ♪ ♪ 720 00:37:26,712 --> 00:37:28,411 - Welcome back to "Inside City Hall." 721 00:37:28,413 --> 00:37:30,714 Venida Browder died suddenly on Friday 722 00:37:30,716 --> 00:37:32,148 after suffering a heart attack. 723 00:37:32,150 --> 00:37:33,683 - Venida Browder was a woman who tirelesslyand. 724 00:37:33,685 --> 00:37:36,086 - Venida's hell would end without apology. 725 00:37:36,088 --> 00:37:37,487 - For criminal justice reform 726 00:37:37,489 --> 00:37:41,391 despite a system that failed her and her son. 727 00:37:41,393 --> 00:37:44,394 [dramatic music] 728 00:37:44,396 --> 00:37:45,629 ♪ ♪ 729 00:37:45,631 --> 00:37:47,998 - She just wanted an apology. 730 00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:50,734 That was her biggest thing. 731 00:37:50,736 --> 00:37:52,902 ♪ ♪ 732 00:37:52,904 --> 00:37:55,138 - Because Venida passed away, 733 00:37:55,140 --> 00:37:58,642 lawsuits against the city are stopped, 734 00:37:58,644 --> 00:38:01,511 until an administrator is appointed by the court 735 00:38:01,513 --> 00:38:04,347 to take over her place in the lawsuit, 736 00:38:04,349 --> 00:38:05,882 and it's gonna be a fight. 737 00:38:05,884 --> 00:38:07,117 - You're not gonna do [bleep]? 738 00:38:07,119 --> 00:38:08,385 [both talking at once] 739 00:38:08,387 --> 00:38:09,686 - Oh, yo, yo. - You're not gonna do nothing? 740 00:38:09,688 --> 00:38:10,754 - Back the [bleep] up. 741 00:38:10,756 --> 00:38:12,088 - We lost our brother, 742 00:38:12,090 --> 00:38:13,690 then we lost our mother, 743 00:38:13,692 --> 00:38:15,492 and now we're losing our whole family. 744 00:38:15,494 --> 00:38:17,394 They want us to fight each other 745 00:38:17,396 --> 00:38:18,561 instead of fighting the system, 746 00:38:18,563 --> 00:38:19,996 and I bet they get a kick out of it, 747 00:38:19,998 --> 00:38:21,831 the fact that we're going to court right now 748 00:38:21,833 --> 00:38:24,534 fighting each other while they're the real problem, 749 00:38:24,536 --> 00:38:26,303 and we should have been fighting them. 750 00:38:26,305 --> 00:38:29,973 - We started this with Kalief when he was alive, 751 00:38:29,975 --> 00:38:31,274 and then he passed. 752 00:38:31,276 --> 00:38:33,643 And we continued that fight for his mother, 753 00:38:33,645 --> 00:38:35,278 and now she passed. 754 00:38:35,280 --> 00:38:37,914 Now we have to try to salvage something 755 00:38:37,916 --> 00:38:40,016 for his family. 756 00:38:40,018 --> 00:38:43,420 But I don't know, it may be too little too late. 757 00:38:43,422 --> 00:38:45,855 We may have run out of time. 758 00:38:45,857 --> 00:38:47,891 [thrums] [door creaks] 759 00:38:54,132 --> 00:38:57,367 - Tonight is the last day that my family has with this house. 760 00:39:01,840 --> 00:39:03,573 - Last rights. 761 00:39:07,279 --> 00:39:11,448 - Eddie sold the house three days after my mom passed. 762 00:39:21,126 --> 00:39:23,026 - It's sad, my mom's no longer here anymore, 763 00:39:23,028 --> 00:39:25,495 it's time to go. 764 00:39:25,497 --> 00:39:28,732 This is a family that is broken apart, 765 00:39:28,734 --> 00:39:32,602 because the system, it failed us. 766 00:39:32,604 --> 00:39:36,439 But we were born into the system, 767 00:39:36,441 --> 00:39:41,044 and there are many people like us out there 768 00:39:41,046 --> 00:39:43,980 that are going through the same thing. 769 00:39:43,982 --> 00:39:45,582 ♪ ♪ 770 00:39:45,584 --> 00:39:47,684 We're put here for a reason. 771 00:39:47,686 --> 00:39:50,854 ♪ ♪ 772 00:39:50,856 --> 00:39:53,390 In time-- we don't understand now, 773 00:39:53,392 --> 00:39:55,325 but later we will. 774 00:39:55,327 --> 00:40:00,363 ♪ ♪ 775 00:40:00,365 --> 00:40:03,266 - Everything is flipped. It's "greater good." 776 00:40:03,268 --> 00:40:05,268 Even today, right? 777 00:40:05,270 --> 00:40:06,870 - Greatness! 778 00:40:06,872 --> 00:40:08,905 - I would do stop-and-frisk. 779 00:40:08,907 --> 00:40:10,974 We did it in New York, it worked incredibly well. 780 00:40:10,976 --> 00:40:12,942 - Please, please! Somebody help! 781 00:40:12,944 --> 00:40:15,111 - It's gonna be a beautiful thing. 782 00:40:15,113 --> 00:40:17,347 [cheers and applause] 783 00:40:17,349 --> 00:40:18,815 ♪ ♪ 784 00:40:18,817 --> 00:40:21,918 - You know we can't see behind tears and behind pain 785 00:40:21,920 --> 00:40:24,821 and behind the current emotions. 786 00:40:24,823 --> 00:40:26,923 But I can see it. 787 00:40:26,925 --> 00:40:28,725 - We as a nation need to act, 788 00:40:28,727 --> 00:40:31,895 and I think we have a unique moment, an opportunity, 789 00:40:31,897 --> 00:40:35,465 a moment in time that, um, we can't let pass. 790 00:40:35,467 --> 00:40:37,167 - There are many people that say 791 00:40:37,169 --> 00:40:41,404 that the picture of Emmett Till in 1955 792 00:40:41,406 --> 00:40:44,974 is what sparked the Civil Rights Movement. 793 00:40:44,976 --> 00:40:48,711 Take a good look at Kalief Browder. 794 00:40:48,713 --> 00:40:51,114 There is a window that's open right now 795 00:40:51,116 --> 00:40:54,384 to move both racial justice and criminal justice 796 00:40:54,386 --> 00:40:55,585 in the right direction. 797 00:40:55,587 --> 00:40:57,687 And that window has not been open-- 798 00:40:57,689 --> 00:40:59,789 I don't think, for the past 50 years. 799 00:40:59,791 --> 00:41:01,291 - Stop! Do it right now! 800 00:41:01,293 --> 00:41:02,792 [gunshots] 801 00:41:02,794 --> 00:41:04,461 - Oh my god! 802 00:41:04,463 --> 00:41:06,396 - All these things we're seeing on video now. 803 00:41:06,398 --> 00:41:08,531 [gunshots] 804 00:41:08,533 --> 00:41:11,968 Those things have been going on for decades. 805 00:41:11,970 --> 00:41:14,904 [dramatic music] 806 00:41:14,906 --> 00:41:18,975 People are seeing these things, 807 00:41:18,977 --> 00:41:21,945 and it's graphic and it's horrifying, 808 00:41:21,947 --> 00:41:24,380 but you have got to make people squirm 809 00:41:24,382 --> 00:41:26,816 before they'll actually do something about it. 810 00:41:26,818 --> 00:41:30,186 [together] No justice no peace! No justice no peace! 811 00:41:30,188 --> 00:41:34,591 - People have fought much tougher opponents and won. 812 00:41:34,593 --> 00:41:38,361 If you let this go down as just another bad news story 813 00:41:38,363 --> 00:41:40,563 for some kid in some urban environment, 814 00:41:40,565 --> 00:41:42,699 you miss a tremendous opportunity. 815 00:41:42,701 --> 00:41:44,133 - I think it begs the question 816 00:41:44,135 --> 00:41:46,503 of whether the system's actually broken, 817 00:41:46,505 --> 00:41:47,971 or whether the system that we've created 818 00:41:47,973 --> 00:41:50,807 is doing precisely what we intended it to do. 819 00:41:50,809 --> 00:41:53,543 - The fact that this story has reached so many 820 00:41:53,545 --> 00:41:55,912 hopefully will mean that Kalief's life 821 00:41:55,914 --> 00:41:57,914 was not in vain, 822 00:41:57,916 --> 00:42:01,184 and will make people shake off their deliberate indifference, 823 00:42:01,186 --> 00:42:03,553 and care more about those 824 00:42:03,555 --> 00:42:06,756 who we've treated as disposable. 825 00:42:06,758 --> 00:42:09,859 But if we don't change, 826 00:42:09,861 --> 00:42:12,862 their deaths are on us. 827 00:42:12,864 --> 00:42:16,499 [indistinct chatter and laughter] 828 00:42:16,501 --> 00:42:18,201 - If I would've just plead guilty 829 00:42:18,203 --> 00:42:20,336 then my story would've never been heard. 830 00:42:20,338 --> 00:42:22,605 Nobody would've took the time to listen to me, 831 00:42:22,607 --> 00:42:26,142 I'd have been just another criminal. 832 00:42:27,245 --> 00:42:30,280 [somber music] 833 00:42:30,282 --> 00:42:37,220 ♪ ♪ 834 00:42:40,458 --> 00:42:42,425 - The death of Kalief Browder 835 00:42:42,427 --> 00:42:44,594 was a wake-up call to this city. 836 00:42:44,596 --> 00:42:49,198 I'm here to make a historic announcement. 837 00:42:49,200 --> 00:42:55,038 New York City will close the Rikers Island jail facility. 838 00:42:55,040 --> 00:42:57,040 It will take many years, 839 00:42:57,042 --> 00:43:01,878 it will take many tough decisions along the way, 840 00:43:01,880 --> 00:43:03,680 but it will happen. 841 00:43:03,682 --> 00:43:09,252 ♪ ♪