Exonerated 'Central Park Five' accuse Trump of stoking public rage

[Judi Lynn]

Published 1 min ago on June 8, 2019
By Agence France-Presse

Five men wrongfully convicted for the 1989 rape of a New York jogger accused Donald Trump on Friday of putting “a bounty on our heads,” as a Netflix documentary sheds renewed light on their ordeal.

The “Central Park Five” case saw a group of teens, four black and one Hispanic aged 14 to 16, falsely accused of nearly killing a young white woman.

It dominated headlines 30 years ago, sharply exposing fraught race relations in the US city.

President Trump, a real estate mogul at the time, amplified public outrage by paying for full-page newspaper ads calling for the death penalty.

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https://www.rawstory.com/2019/06/exonerated-central-park-five-accuse-trump-of-stoking-public-rage/?utm_source=push_notifications

[TreasonousBastard]

1. Not that easy to read, but here's the NY Times ad...

I was living on Central Park West at the time, and remember this well.


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And, just for good measure, here's another gem:

[dalton99a]

2. .

[riversedge]

5. only six??

[BeckyDem]

3. Keep this in context. The media continued to swarm The Donald

and give him attention instead of confronting the billionaire racist at every turn.

He should NEVER of had a job at NBC, never. But hey, rich racists are cool.

[Baitball Blogger]

4. There was no penalty to Trump for defaming these young men,

so he just keeps feeding his core base by targeting people to defame and disparage.

It is now a well-founded pattern.

[dalton99a]

7. +1. The base thrives on racism and bigotry

[dalton99a]

6. Don't forget the birther movement he started

[raccoon]

8. Wonder if they could take legal action against the Dotard for libel? nt