"Another Wasted Life": Rhiannon Giddens on How Death of Kalief Browder Inspired New Song

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11 күн бұрын

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“Another Wasted Life" is a remarkable new song by the Pulitzer Prize-winning, Grammy-winning artist Rhiannon Giddens. She released a video of the song on October 2 to mark International Wrongful Conviction Day. The song was inspired by Kalief Browder, a Bronx resident who died by suicide in 2015 at the age of 22 after being detained at Rikers Island jail for nearly three years, after being falsely accused at the age of 16 of stealing a backpack. He was held in solitary confinement for two years and was repeatedly assaulted by guards and other prisoners.
In the video for “Another Wasted Life,” Rhiannon Giddens features 22 people who were wrongly incarcerated. Together, they collectively served more than 500 years in prison for crimes they didn’t commit. The video includes two men, David Bryant and Tyrone Jones, who each spent 40 years in prison. Another seven of the men each spent over 25 years locked up after wrongful convictions. Rhiannon Giddens made the video in partnership with the Pennsylvania Innocence Project.
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@lawrencemullin2643 9 күн бұрын

Thank you for this interview!

@Baci302 9 күн бұрын

Thank Amy Goodman and the Democracy Now! staff.

@jakevendrotti1496 9 күн бұрын

Love Rhiannon Giddens since her days of singing with the Carolina Chocolate Drops. Very glad and appreciate seeing her bringing our priorities as a nation - human rights - to the fore. Thanks Amy and DN team for this story 👍

@sandrasherrill751 9 күн бұрын

Amy-Thank you for all that you do and for shining a light on the work of Rhiannon Giddens on this day!

@AbuMedinah 9 күн бұрын

Keep up that excellent reporting Amy! We all love your work.

@levmoses742 9 күн бұрын

It’s sad how few people watch these videos. Speaks loudly to how far we have to go as a citizenry.

@tanyalake9152 8 күн бұрын

"With an *educational system* that *purposely misinforms* and *indoctrinates young people* to *respond* as *Skinnerian rats* to a *positive reinforcement schedule* of *operant conditioning, children* as *future adults* are *being shaped* and *programmed* to *become little robots easily controlled* by *their oligarch masters."* - *ARTICLE* - *"The Dumbing Down of America - By Design".*

@ShabanandHailey 9 күн бұрын

Just so heartbreaking....I'm so so sorry....Thanks Amy and be safe all.

@picassofriend3289 9 күн бұрын

Kahlif story was hard to hear. This has been and beautiful segment. Thank you DemocracyNow

@StephieGsrEvolution 9 күн бұрын

It was and he looked like a kind soul from the looks of his pic. 💔😓

@Bklyn112 5 күн бұрын

Yes it absolutely was. However, there were son many more people, agencies and systems to blame for his demise. The jails which most certainly need reform are just the low hanging fruit. Where was his lawyer who allowed him to sit in jail without a court date? Who was the court clerk or judge that didn't give him a court date? He was in foster care and had learning disabilities and mental health issues before he went to jail. Why wasn't he sent by the judge to a mental health facility. Where were the teachers and social workers? Where was his family? He survived jail but couldn't survive his family.

@jessmichaels1973 9 күн бұрын

My heart is breaking ❤❤❤

@breathnstop 7 күн бұрын

Kaluefs story sticks with me. My mother used to say " the slaughter of the innocents".

@shereerabon8551 9 күн бұрын

Thank you!

@StephanieSoressi 4 күн бұрын

I have loved Rhiannon Giddens for SO long now. She amazes me over & over & over again. From banjo to opera, she always delivers more than expected. So many like her never get recognized; I'm so glad she found her way.

@StephanieSoressi 4 күн бұрын

Kalief Browder -- May you rest in peace. How does anyone get held without charges? How does anyone get put in solitary for a supposed backpack?! America has completely failed.

@farahali6749 7 күн бұрын

You are an inspiration, Rhiannon! Keep it up.

@user-kq3ex2xr1q 9 күн бұрын

That is right the prisons are for money. Thank you your honesty and application of your talent towards justice

@ellanina801 9 күн бұрын

I love the collab with this. Very important going forward to gain awareness of this huge and common issue. Wasted life because it was stolen by systemic failings, and people acting as gods where they should have no right.

@curtrice1264 9 күн бұрын

I was blessed , 😇 in the fall of 1963 , my high school took us to Norfolk County Jail. A two hour visit, and I promised myself that I would never get put in jail. I’m 81 now , headed for 107 , and I will stay out of jail. 🙏🙌👌🤞🤔🧐😎🤓

@asmahamidullah9571 2 күн бұрын

God Bless you Amy Goodman and the Democracy Now staff! 😢❤from 🇹🇹

@sylvias1966 9 күн бұрын

How terribly sad 😢

@AlluminaOnyxia 5 күн бұрын

That was so heartbreaking. I remember when he passed. They took his life from his living body and left a scarred shell. He desperately struggled to make peace with who he had become. 😢

@shereerabon8551 9 күн бұрын

😢Oh how tragic for the African descendants of the American enslaved. Would you happen to know the lineages of the victims of this particular tragedy? Beautiful music!

@Iamsoul00 7 күн бұрын

This story is still hard to hear. Poor Kalief didn’t deserve this.

@Eboli-dx5mq 5 күн бұрын

Your courage is much appreciated sis.❤️

@sunset33533 9 күн бұрын

Deep emotions lead to a lot of creativity. There's a mindfulness book called 30 Days to Overcome Suicidal Thoughts by Harper Daniels that's helpful.

@drusilladelp5162 9 күн бұрын

❤Heartbreaking

@ElsaSarah-ix4du 9 күн бұрын

Kalief now in Heaven singing Praises to Jesus. 🙏🙏🙏🙏So sad to think how many innocent souls crying for help in prison all over the world.

@Baci302 9 күн бұрын

Great work by Ms. Giddens. A powerful, meaningful, and beautiful song.

@twittertwice 6 күн бұрын

Rhiannon Giddens is a brilliant musician and her history in the Carolinas and herbmusician ship with instruments, singing, songwriting… you really should seek her out on youtube. To listen to her singing in French, singing In Celtic, or old Southern songs… her activism is undergirded with knowledge of racism in this country and how it drives so much unfortunate live experiences in this country. Browder had no advocates outside the Prison to remind the world he counted.

@mamabear3217 7 күн бұрын

I get what the artist is aying the way the systems are designed these are the evils we need to abolished

@J.Mulleno 9 күн бұрын

Is there a world news report today with Democracy Now? Thanks... Anyone?

@Supermanblue994 9 күн бұрын

Still waiting 😮

@cherylewers6322 9 күн бұрын

Okay, this is good.

@sookiesookie9184 2 күн бұрын

How do you even hold someone 3 years without charge? I thought that was illegal.

@marythompson4654 9 күн бұрын

🙏🙏💔💔

@user-kq3ex2xr1q 9 күн бұрын

So cool

@louisesumrell6331 9 күн бұрын

I've done time. Even as a white person I can tell you that it's only about punishment. Nothing else.

@nubiamartinez3886 7 күн бұрын

I worked in Rikers Island s in NYC. This place is not good, have to close. There are some correctional officers that need mental health .

@StephieGsrEvolution 9 күн бұрын

Being "white presenting" doesn't exempt anyone in this country from police brutality and possible false imprisonment either. My brother (white) was a victim of police brutality and killed himself. Kalif really was tortured though. 💔 The Innocence Project is one of my fav charities. 🖤

@hassanmusse7700 9 күн бұрын

You, all of YOU did a lot don't get tier from HUMANIT

@TacoGrande007 9 күн бұрын

Amy....you have to STOP WITH THE STUPID INTRODUCTION. We all know that this is the Democracy Now channel so no need to repeat it every time on EVERY VIDEO. And what do you mean by the "war and peace report" that you mention every intro?

@thecheat1312 8 күн бұрын

democracy now is broadcast live to TV and radio, where it is common to call out the name of the show after returning from commercials.

@valhalla4752 9 күн бұрын

Is he a Gazan? No? No one cares. Only Gaza matters

@gabrielliansoileau 9 күн бұрын

What the fuck man

@Caro-ys4kk 9 күн бұрын

The reason why marginalized people everywhere, including African Americans care about Palestinians is because they can see themselves in them , they understand each other because they go through similar things.

@HERES_JAWNiE 9 күн бұрын

This is fucking stupid 😂 Troll better

@tanyalake9152 9 күн бұрын

@@Caro-ys4kk - Who gave you "authority" to comment for certain people? Our African, atheist/non political, ancestors did way better. You brainwashed, "christian/political", "adults" are still the problems and don't care.

@agh6250 9 күн бұрын

@@Caro-ys4kk sorry this is a lie, Palestinians are 🤍 when they immigrante to United States and act accordingly towards 🖤 people, see Dearborn

@themanwnoname3454 9 күн бұрын

Updates: 🗞️📰🗞️📰 “If we give up on the moral code our country believes in we’re no better than (who we are fighting).” - US Military Code “Been that way for 30 years.” - U.S. Justice Department on the lack of Human Rights in Oklahoma County Jail, 2020 P.S. You get 2 days for every 1 you serve there bc it is so bad. “Makes me feel human again after this place.” - Oklahoma City Art Museum review after life in the local shelters (20+ years in the making), 2024 “It is said that no one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. A nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but its lowest ones.” - Nelson Mandela 🥂🥂 I got human beings I love. Lying to them was never my thing. There is no God. Thanks to an old friend I remember the first lie I ever told :) - Me aka Ron Swanson 2.0/Ron Swanson on Snoop Dogg/a nerd