This is so heartbreaking. It takes a village and we
have to be there for our children. LORD, have mercy. Our children are falling
through the cracks. They are the cash register for the system.
At 16, Kalief Browder, was
arrested for allegedly stealing a backpack. He was in prison at Rikers Island
for 3 years awaiting trial. (Why? He is black and the law is different for N).
If he had pleaded guilty for stealing the backpack, he would have been
released. He refused, always saying that he did not take the backpack. He was
viciously abused by prison guards and prisoners. He tried to commit suicide,
and he spent more than 400 days in solitary confinement. In 2013 his case was
dismissed. On Saturday Kalief killed himself.
I don’t know this child but
my heart breaks for him and his family. My LORD and my God, have mercy on
Kalief’s soul. I pray that his journey home is safe and trouble free…
I wonder if the lawmaker, the organization for
maintaining law and the people enforcing correct behavior, does sleep
peacefully after all the injustice done to law abiding citizens…
No comments:
Post a Comment