00:01My name is Dion Browder, and I'm the brother of Khali Browder.
00:04And you are Mr. Khalif Browder, is that correct?
00:07Yes.
00:08I lost my childhood.
00:10Where's the justice?
00:20He was my brother, and a very fun, loving kid.
00:23Very exciting kind of guy.
00:25Boisterous, outgoing, adventurous.
00:28Always wanted to try something new.
00:30He was just one of us.
00:32Just a regular kid.
00:38He was always extra.
00:40What I miss most is his excitement, his laughter, his involvement in everything.
00:48He wanted to be part of everything.
00:49He didn't want to be left out.
00:51The conversations, how he thinks.
00:54He always wanted to be the smart guy.
00:57He was so much of a go-getter.
00:58So, that's what I miss the most.
01:00His drive and inspiration to keep pushing forward.
01:06My mom was a very exciting, exciting person.
01:09Very kind.
01:10A very kind woman.
01:11She was accepting to everybody.
01:14You know, she was just a fun, loving person.
01:17And you could tell her something, and she would just accept you and embrace you for who you are.
01:26What my mom fought for so hard was to get justice and, you know, to have the city admit their wrongdoing.
01:33Of course, they didn't admit to anything.
01:35They just gave us a number and said, here you go, and thinking that was it.
01:39They kept telling us, you know, Khalif is no longer here, so the case is not valued at anything.
01:45We just kept fighting and fighting and saying it's not enough.
01:48It's not like you're going to give us a low figure and say, you know, after all the pain that he went through and say, here's 1.1 million and that's it.
01:56We've been in this battle since 2015, even before then.
02:00And it was becoming difficult for the family, so we ended up just settling the 3.3.
02:10Ultimately, it killed my mom.
02:13She fought for criminal justice reform.
02:16She fought for, you know, banning solitary confinement.
02:20And she also fought for the Khalif Radhika Scholarship.
02:23And, you know, ultimately she got that.
02:25So I'm glad that she got to see a lot of the progress that she, you know, she started.
02:31And, you know, when she passed away, it was hard to pick up that because it's some pretty big shoes to fill.
02:36What me and my family did was continue the fight that she started.
02:40I embody everything that my mom stood for, and my mom wanted an apology.
02:45And she wanted them to recognize what they did was wrong and take some responsibility and some ownership.
02:50It won't change anything, but what it will do is it will support us in progress.
02:54And pushing her initiative.
02:56I think what the story did was shine a light on what goes on behind closed doors or what not everybody sees.
03:04But, you know, here we are two years later after the documentary aired, and we're just now settling.
03:09Just because ultimately it would not bring back my mother or Khalif.
03:13So, you know, I think the documentary was a great help, and it was great for all those that are going through those problems currently.
03:21But it didn't do much for the case.
03:23We're continuing to advocate for Khalif's name.
03:26We're continuing to advocate, and we're going to continue to fight for the justice, not of just Khalif, but for everyone who's involved and who gets involved in these kind of situations.
03:35I think there's a lot of kids that are going to benefit from a lot of the reforms that happened, but there's still more to be done.
03:40And I think that's one of the biggest things that my family's still fighting for is pushing for more change and making sure that Khalif's stories never, they just never stop.
03:49It makes me feel good that people are taking time to honor, you know, Khalif.
03:55And though they did not know who he was, their story impacted them in some kind of way, to take time to draw a mural or paint a picture or even name a street after him.
04:07And those things are going to live on forever.
04:09It's a reminder.
04:10It's always going to be a reminder of the story that he left behind, the legacy that he left behind.
04:15One of the biggest things Khalif and my mother both said was when they're gone, no one's going to care, no one's going to remember them.
04:22And it's a big eye opening situation to see that, you know, they proved him wrong.
04:29Everyone cares and everyone remembers who he is.
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