Jay Z Bails Out Convicted Dads On Father’s Day

June 20, 2017

Music mogul ,Jay Z bails out convicted fathers on father’s day. The father-of-three said he became obsessed with helping after with a docu-series about Kalief Browder, a 22-year-old black man whose family could not afford to post bail when he was accused of stealing a backpack. According to EW,the rapper said;

“If you’re from neighborhoods like the Brooklyn one I grew up in, if you’re unable to afford a private attorney, then you can be disappeared into our jail system simply because you can’t afford bail,” he wrote. “Millions of people are separated from their families for months at a time — not because they are convicted of committing a crime, but because they are accused of committing a crime.”
He later referenced organizations like Southerners On New Ground and Color of Change that bailed out moms for Mother’s Day. “As a father with a growing family, it’s the least I can do, but philanthropy is not a long fix, we have to get rid of these inhumane practices altogether. We can’t fix our broken criminal justice system until we take on the exploitative bail industry.”

Nice on Jigga!