The Boy Who Lost his Life for Not Stealing a Rucksack
Kalief Browder sent to Rikers for three years at the age of sixteen.
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Kalief Browder was a happy teenager, returning from a party. He was stopped by two policemen and arrested on suspicion of stealing a rucksack. Known as peanut to his…