Jay Z Does Press Conference Following ‘Kalief Browder’ Docu-Series Announcement

Inking his film deal with The Weinstein Company earlier this week, Jay Z has announced their first project — TIME: The Kalief Browder Story.

Kalief Browder, a young man from the Bronx, was incarcerated for three years without conviction, two of each were in solitary confinement, on Rikers Island for a crime he did not commit. Two years after he was released (in 2013), Browder took his own life, reportedly due to mental turmoil. During his imprisonment, the then 16-year-old faced assault from both the officers and the inmates.

With the six-part docu-series set to premiere in January 2017 on SPIKE, Jay Z, Harvey Weinstein, Browder’s mother spoke at a press conference held today (Oct. 6) in New York City regarding sensitive topics such as police brutality, body cameras, and more.

Here’s what Jay Z had to say about the recent events of police brutality & body cameras:

When you have compassion for what someone goes through—we’re all looking for a short embrace at time. Judgement is the enemy of compassion. When you are able to identify that…we’re all not perfect, we may make mistakes. All of us, every single one of us. When you have compassion for what someone’s going through and their plight, my personal belief, having the camera on someone creates more distrust. When we have an exchange and it has to be recorded, something’s wrong there, something’s broken. A camera can’t fix a relationship between a person that’s hired to protect and serve and society. There has to be a relationship. There has to be respect on both sides.
– COMPLEX