Kalief Browder

Browder and his friend were taken to the 48th Precinct police station, where they were fingerprinted and kept in a holding cell for a few hours.

They were then taken to the Bronx County Criminal Court, where they were processed at the court's central booking.

Seventeen hours after the arrest, Browder was interrogated by a police officer and a prosecutor.

The following day, Browder was charged with robbery, grand larceny, and assault.

Because he was on probation, Browder was not released.

At his arraignment, he was charged with second-degree robbery and bail was set at $3,000; with a bail bondsman, the amount needed was $900.

Browder's family could not raise this amount and borrowed money from a neighbor.

When his family met with a bail bondsman to post his bail, they were told that, since he was on probation from his prior felony conviction, his probation officer had placed a probation violation hold on him so posting bail would not get him released from jail anyway.

He was taken to jail at Rikers Island to await trial and resolution of his pending probation violation.

Kalief Browder (May 25, 1993 – June 6, 2015) was an African American youth from The Bronx, New York, who was held at the Rikers Island jail complex, without trial, between 2010 and 2013 for allegedly stealing a backpack containing valuables.

During his imprisonment, Browder was kept in solitary confinement for 800 days.

Two years after his release, Browder hanged himself at his parents' home.

His case has been cited by activists campaigning for reform of the New York City criminal justice system and has attracted widespread attention in the years following his death.

In 2009, Browder was charged with third-degree grand larceny.

Police testified that he had crashed a stolen bakery truck into a stationary car while joyriding.

At the age of 16, he was charged as an adult, which conformed to state law at the time.

He pleaded guilty but later said he was only a bystander.

Browder was registered as a youthful offender and placed on probation.

On May 15, 2010, police apprehended Browder and a friend on Arthur Avenue near East 186th Street in the Belmont section of the Bronx.

Browder said he was going home from a party.

He thought the police were carrying out a routine stop-and-frisk, a police procedure he had undergone on a number of occasions.

Police officers were responding to a 9-1-1 call placed by Roberto Bautista about the theft of a backpack containing a camera, $700, a credit card, and an iPod Touch.

Bautista had said, "Two male black guys ... they took my brother's book bag."

Browder told the attending police officers, "I didn't rob anyone, you can check my pockets."

The police searched Browder but they did not find the backpack.

Bautista, who was sitting in the back seat of a police car, identified Browder and his friend as the thieves.

He said the theft had occurred two weeks earlier.

Bautista's testimony of the date of the theft varied between interviews, as well as other aspects of his story.

Initially, Bautista implied that the robbery occurred the night of the 9-1-1 call, but upon questioning by officers at the scene, he stated that the robbery had occurred two weeks prior.

At the scene, Bautista also implied after questioning that someone had merely "tried" to rob him and may not have succeeded.

Furthermore, on the initial police report filed after the arrest, Bautista indicated the robbery had occurred "on or about May 2", but Bautista later told a detective that it happened on May 8.

Browder asked the officers why he was being charged and said, "I didn't do anything."

A police officer told Browder he would be taken to the precinct and would likely be allowed to go home.

Browder's adoptive mother, Venida Browder, had raised thirty-four children by 2015, including fostered, adopted, and her biological children.

The family lived in a two-story brick house on Prospect Avenue near the Bronx Zoo.

Browder attended New Day Academy, whose staff described him as very smart and a "fun guy".

In 2017, Jay-Z produced a television documentary mini-series titled Time: The Kalief Browder Story.

In January 2019, New York City settled a civil lawsuit with the Browder family for $3.3 million.

At birth, Browder was placed into the care of Child Protective Services due to his mother's drug addiction.

He was the youngest of seven biological siblings and one of the five placed for adoption.