They had guns raised on me and stuff like that, had me handcuffs, Staten Island, I fabricated

evidence against me. Every time we went to court, I just felt like I couldn't even speak. And then boom, I was on Rangers Island. I was being beat up, assaulted, jump. And then when they got tired of not being able to protect me anymore, they just threw me in solitary and left me there. Victor Abraham is a young African immigrant who grew up in Staten Island, New York City.

While he was still a teenager, Victor me solitary and left me there. Victor Abraham is a young African immigrant who grew up in Staten Island, New York City.

While he was still a teenager, Victor was arrested and falsely accused of armed robbery and spent

the next year and a half fighting his case on Rikers Island and inside the infamous Manhattan

detention center where he was subjected to psychological and physical torture by guards and other inmates.

He was kept in solitary confinement for months at a time and left on a starvation diet that nearly

killed him. He took his case all the way to trial and won. He was found not guilty. But the suffering

he endured while he was in jail has left him battling with PTSD that persists to this day.

He is now suing the city of New York for millions and damages, and he's here to tell us the story of how crooked detectives and one corrupt, politically ambitious district attorney, tried giving a young man 20 years for a crime that he didn't commit, and they nearly succeeded at it.

Listening to Victor's

story, you wonder how many other innocent people are serving time in American prisons and jails.

This episode will make you furious, but also inspired. Inspired by the bravery of this young kid

determined to stand up to the beast and fight for justice. Without further ado, please enjoy

Victor Abraham right here on The Connect

with Johnny Mitchell. They wasn't expecting me to take this all the way to trial. And if all

this information would have been told to the grand jury, I doubt that I would have been indicted. I'm not a

perfect person, but this thing right here that they're accusing me of, I had nothing to do it. I see

myself as a savannah

that's when I see lights behind me start the flash and I didn't even think I just hit it I was driving

like my life depended on then I parked the car popped out closed the door and I started running and he

pulls out a burner shank it's like six inches and he passes it to me and he goes here that's yours

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