The Murder Of Derrick Wallace

Derrick Wallace, an ambitious handsome straight A student at Monroe College, has his entire life set out. He has recently won his basketball championship game and received exciting news from his girlfriend, Julia, about her moving back to the city from upstate university.

One night, as Derrick is on his way back home from night classes, he is pull over by two police officers. Derrick is being question by one of the police officers about his bookbag and quickly arrested. Confuse and upset, Derrick tries to figure out the cause behind his arrest. The police officer responds by saying “robbery”.

Derrick is sent to one thousand days on Rikers Island for the time being of awaiting trail which eventually never happen. While incarcerated, he faces

brutal abuse from correction officers and the inmate numerous times. The aftermath of these action has led Derrick to try and commit suicide inside of his jail cell.

All of his high hopes towards his goals has been dismissed because once the charges were dropped, Derrick is released, but in a corruptive mental stage. He tries to rebuild the pieces of his life by the help of his parents and girlfriend however Derrick is not in the right stage of mind which lead him down to quitting school and giving up on hope.

Derrick is place in counseling and slowly working his way back into school and instead of basketball, he becomes head of the writing commit. His GPA rises and at peace with his girlfriend and parents. However, one morning after hearing voices in his head, Derrick takes his own life away, leaving his parents and girlfriend grieving and fighting for a better justice system.