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The Central Park Five, a film by Ken and Sarah Burns, tonight at 9:00 p.m. on TV 26 in DC
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Tonight at 9:00pm on TV 26 and WETA HD
The Central Park Five
A film by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and David McMahon tells the story of the five black and Latino teenagers from Harlem who were wrongly convicted in the brutal rape and beating of a white woman in New York City’s Central Park in 1989.
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The Central Park Five
A film by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and David McMahon tells the story of the five black and Latino teenagers from Harlem who were wrongly convicted in the brutal rape and beating of a white woman in New York City’s Central Park in 1989.
Watch preview ? See all broadcast times ?
About the Film
The Central Park Five, a film from award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns, tells the story of the five black and Latino teenagers from Harlem who were wrongly convicted of raping a white woman in New York City’s Central Park in 1989. The film chronicles The Central Park Jogger case, for the first time from the perspective of these five teenagers whose lives were upended by this miscarriage of justice.
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The Central Park Five, a film from award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns, tells the story of the five black and Latino teenagers from Harlem who were wrongly convicted of raping a white woman in New York City’s Central Park in 1989. The film chronicles The Central Park Jogger case, for the first time from the perspective of these five teenagers whose lives were upended by this miscarriage of justice.
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Donald Trump and the Central Park Five: the racially charged rise of a demagogue
Oliver Laughland in New York
@oliverlaughland
Wed 17 Feb 2016 13.15 EST
In 1989 five young black men were wrongfully convicted of raping a woman jogging in New York City. Leading the charge against them was a real estate mogul whose divisive rhetoric can be found in his presidential campaign today
Yusef Salaam was 15 years old when Donald Trump demanded his execution for a crime he did not commit.
Nearly three decades before the rambunctious billionaire began his run for president – before he called for a ban on Muslims entering the United States, for the expulsion of all undocumented migrants, before he branded Mexicans as “rapists” and was accused of mocking the disabled – Trump called for the reinstatement of the death penalty in New York following a horrific rape case in which five teenagers were wrongly convicted.
The miscarriage of justice is widely remembered as a definitive moment in New York’s fractured race relations. But Trump’s intervention – he signed full-page newspaper advertisements implicitly calling for the boys to die – has been gradually overlooked as the businessman’s chances of winning the Republican nomination have rapidly increased. Now those involved in the case of the so-called Central Park Five and its aftermath say Trump’s rhetoric served as an unlikely precursor to a unique brand of divisive populism that has powered his rise to political prominence in 2016.
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Oliver Laughland in New York
@oliverlaughland
Wed 17 Feb 2016 13.15 EST
In 1989 five young black men were wrongfully convicted of raping a woman jogging in New York City. Leading the charge against them was a real estate mogul whose divisive rhetoric can be found in his presidential campaign today
Yusef Salaam was 15 years old when Donald Trump demanded his execution for a crime he did not commit.
Nearly three decades before the rambunctious billionaire began his run for president – before he called for a ban on Muslims entering the United States, for the expulsion of all undocumented migrants, before he branded Mexicans as “rapists” and was accused of mocking the disabled – Trump called for the reinstatement of the death penalty in New York following a horrific rape case in which five teenagers were wrongly convicted.
The miscarriage of justice is widely remembered as a definitive moment in New York’s fractured race relations. But Trump’s intervention – he signed full-page newspaper advertisements implicitly calling for the boys to die – has been gradually overlooked as the businessman’s chances of winning the Republican nomination have rapidly increased. Now those involved in the case of the so-called Central Park Five and its aftermath say Trump’s rhetoric served as an unlikely precursor to a unique brand of divisive populism that has powered his rise to political prominence in 2016.
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Central Park Five: Donald Trump still believes wrongfully convicted black and Latino men are guilty of 1989 rape
The five men, jailed when they were teenage boys, were exonerated in 2002 when a convicted rapist confessed to the 1989 attack
Feliks Garcia New York @feliksjose
Friday 7 October 2016 17:30
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Trump's full page ad published in the New York Daily News (Wikipedia)
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The five men, jailed when they were teenage boys, were exonerated in 2002 when a convicted rapist confessed to the 1989 attack
Feliks Garcia New York @feliksjose
Friday 7 October 2016 17:30
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Trump's full page ad published in the New York Daily News (Wikipedia)
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