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Teens are arrested for allegedly harassing people in Central Park: Part 2
On April 19, 1989, police responded to 911 calls of black and Latino teenagers harassing park goers. As police began their investigation, a white woman was found beaten and barely alive.
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Looking back at the 1989 Central Park jogger rape case that led to 5 teens being convicted, later exonerated
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[@Littlething41]

I was 12 at this time growing up in Harlem and it was quite common for women to get attacked in Central Park at night. One model at 2 a.m. was attacked. Even then, for the life of me I couldn't understand why anyone, let alone women would go out alone for a jog like it's Disney World. My mom told us to come inside when the street lights came on. Everyone did!

[@MsE711]

Mrs. Adriann Exactly!! Growing up in NYC during those times, that was a given to not be out at night. I grew up in Brooklyn in the 80’s and 90’s and wasn’t even allowed to leave my stoop.

[@Littlething41]

@@MsE711 Girl yes! Stay in front of the stoop! LOL And if my brother wasn't outside I couldn't go outside. I feel sorry for the jogger but jogging through the park at night was crazy then and is crazy now!

[@jai7184]

I couldn’t even leave my stoop sometimes in daylight lol !! But people in NY are out all times of night especially when it’s warm .. I was 18 when this happened and remember very well

[@gloglogo2638]

@Moni Mo Absolutely! That shit was crazy. No body loves to run like that - alone, after dark...

[@BlackPanther-vk5ew]

Cuz many still think we live in a half way safe world! I was like them......till I had many traumatic things happen. You don't want to believe we live in such an evil, hateful world.......untill you KNOW!!!

[@tasha1985]

What the hell was with these people riding bikes and jogging in central park like they are in a snowglobe knowing about the high crime rate. You couldn't pay me 10 million to do that.

[@DunDone_IT5252]

That's the part that gets me as well...no way in L I'm at a park at night! Granted you should be able to go and do what you want but you still have to have some type of common sense...that park look scary and in NY...nah I'm good!

[@rob9999i]

So it’s their fault they got attacked? What the hell was with the people knocking people off bikes and hitting them in he head with metal pipes till they were unconscious? Or was it also someone else’s fault they were smashing people’s heads in? Pure luck one of them didn’t die else they’d be in jail for that anyway, not innocent at all, just innocent of the rape!

[@WBrown-cg6kd]

PRIVILEGE dear.

[@WBrown-cg6kd]

@@rob9999i DO watch WHEN THEY SEE US on Netflix so you can get the REAL, TRUE, story.

[@prayalways8562]

Robert James it’s not up for debate. It’s been proven they had nothing to do with it but I guess the fact that their DNA was not found at the scene or on the jogger and the fact the real perp confessed still isn’t enough. What will make you believe they are innocent of rapping and brutally beating that woman?

[@femalehobbitwithhairyfeet]

is it 10, 20, 30 or 40 people? make your damn minds up

[@godsquadcook]

It was 10-100 people fam LOL

[@1slummzzs]

Doesnt matter, they were people of color, the end!!! Thats what Linda saw, all this dragging n boycotting is good, but she can always rebuild years later. I want her in jail, n branded a criminal, let that stink walk with her, her entire miserable life.

[@01stefb1]

@@1slummzzs FACTS!!

[@measl]

*These groups went up and down in size as the evenings would progress. This was regular behaviour at the time.*

[@morganmore6]

a due respect I don't think they could count the amount it's not like they where standing still.

[@crystalroberts5938]

I wondered how they picked those 5 guys out of a group of 30-40. It was just by chance and while in custody the jogger was found damn shame

[@rob9999i]

Well not really, they also found 4 other joggers beaten up badly in the park, she was just another caught up in it that was also then raped by reyes. Shame they didn't stay at home and didn't go beating up strangers for fun. Or was that somebody elses fault as well?

[@crystalroberts5938]

Robert James I don't know because I wasn't there but if there was no DNA they probably are innocent

[@prayalways8562]

That has been my question all along

[@crystalroberts5938]

macey austin it's so sad they lost their childhood

[@benrod1]

@@rob9999i Actually no, there were reports of people being harassed and robbed in the part, but none of the Central Park 5 were ever proven to be part of that group. I lived in that area during the time of the attack and one thing we heard from our friends and neighbors that night and the next few days was to stay away from Central Park, particularly the northeast entrance because the cops were rounding up any black and Hispanic teens they could find and hauling them off for questioning. It was all based on illegally obtained confessions.

[@P5YcHoKiLLa]

Why is Linda Fairstein in this report? That's incredibly offensive, she is completely responsible for the coerced confessions of the 5 CHILDREN who had their lives stolen from them. SHE SHOULD BE IN PRISON.

[@prettyuglysupernovarudegur2310]

Billy Reynolds I know I stopped watching it

[@arselamallick3248]

thank you, when i saw her in this i wanted to stop watching. Honestly don't understand why she isn't spending the rest of her life in jail now.

[@possumfriend2335]

What proof is there that they were coerced? Have you watched their actual taped confessions, which they all separately corroborated each other?

[@prettyuglysupernovarudegur2310]

There were forced to admit guilt ! Point blank there where forced to say they did it when these kids were innocent of this crime .

[@prettyuglysupernovarudegur2310]

Just a bad penny obviously u haven’t followed this story if u think that they weren’t forced into admitting false guilt . And the police edited their video statements to fit their evidence . These boys were forced . Maybe u should try watching it again with ur eyes open this time .

[@Jenny-tz2xg]

But i still dont get it. People knew it was dangerous to be outside so why be out that late at night, when you could be doing it during the day. Even if you worked day or night.

[@tasha1985]

They were "kids" on spring break kids they are not thinking about danger or trouble. I do get what you're saying about it being dangerous. That's what I thought about the jogger running through central park in the "80s" past 9 p.m.smh.

[@prayalways8562]

Jenny I totally agree and not only that there were rapes going on at that time so would anyone consider going there at night

[@kavaniawilson860]

Right who jogs at night in a city like newyork with a high crime rate

[@humblebragger500]

Are u trynna say it was the joggers fault?

[@kavaniawilson860]

@@rob9999i Its dangerous period to be out late by yourself. Thats just common knowledge dont be out late by yourself. Anything can happen. Its about knowing your area. If you know a city has a crime rate, common sense will tell you maybe you should not run alone at night.

[@jermelhurst8201]

She remembers all that hmmm

[@mzladye1611]

My thoughts Exactly!! Sorry for what happened to her but it's strange how she conveniently couldn't remember who or how many attacked her that night, but was able to remember enough to write a tell all book later on about the horrific event, even if she got most of her information from news media and or transcripts, how is she now able to remember her usual routine when joggs, given her loss of memory, im not blaming this women for all she had to endure, for it was surly something no one should have to be subjected too, but this case was built upon lies from the beginning to end, from over zealous racist police, investigators, not to mention a states attorney who would be willing to go to any length, so long as it got her an confession, strikes me as strange that even though these men were proven not to be the ones who assaulted this women, she never apologize to them publicly or privately, for what they went through, they too had their lives altered in some form or fashion, but yet no one who convicted them for these horrendous crimes ever said sorry, not even the woman who'd been victimize, which i find extremely strange, especially after now knowing the full truth, the system certainly failed these young men, just like they do now..smh

[@joy2theworld488]

Jermel Hurst Ain't that just something? They say amneisa is very very tricky.. I wonder what she remembers now? Or is her memory based on what she was told..

[@AT-ts1se]

@@mzladye1611 yeah exactly.

[@ndeyendoye4947]

exactly i thougth she didnt remember anything

[@jeylenereyes1588]

@@joy2theworld488 I believe the memory she has now is based on what the detectives told her and pretty much embedded in her brain.. what happened to her was horrible and she didnt deserve it BUT I feel like the police saw a vulnerable woman and made promises to her they knew they couldn't keep and were quick to blame the 5

[@lizzybrandani5182]

put Linda in jail

[@halliyakadir6963]

A child can be a witness without being a participant. Completely correct

[@tatriceshipp9139]

So was it 10,20 or 30? Lying sob's.

[@MonicaMains]

isn’t this what “when they see us” series is about? on netflix?

[@shortieCB]

Monica yes it is

[@prettyuglysupernovarudegur2310]

Monica correct

[@korppi164]

Yes. And the series is full of lies.

[@cheromnadarty1763]

@@korppi164 no it not

[@okaro6595]

@@cheromnadarty1763 Yes it is, it is fiction, not a documentary.

[@joziespruill4373]

i just dont get why they spent so much time and work on framing five kids instead of actually finding the culprate. tht prosecuter just want to say she figured out the case really fast and is so phycotic she actually believes shes still right

[@marniekilbourne608]

It was the same with The West Memphis 3 case. They should not just want anyone or someone they dislike charged they should only want to charge the responsible party and have a good amount of evidence that they had the correct person.

[@loriellajames6978]

The prosecutor did not seem to care who the real perpetrators were. It seemed that she wanted to finish and “resolve” the case.

[@crazypainter57]

doesn't anybody pack a gun or pepper spray...... damn

[@Bringbackcicispizza]

thomas dawe it’s New York. You can’t have any of that stuff

[@elaineanderson4891]

Not in New York.

[@1slummzzs]

Could these comments stop now, please n thanks. If it were ur female relative that was raped n she had her pepper spray, yet ppl saying omg y u jogging so late, you did this wrong, u werent smart enough. She is a victim, u feel she want to hear any of that!!! Stupes

[@hunneylipps]

I'm sorry but the image of the couple talking a tandem ride through the park was hilarious

[@danaleyba]

dont be sorry, its totally true.

[@JustAThought155]

I lived through this mess back in the 80s in the NYC area. All of this stuff brings up horrid memories. I remember clearly many folks, that I was around, were in real shock that ANY woman went jogging in Central Park AT NIGHT!!! This was LONGGGG before they caught anyone. Then I remember the news showing boys marched out of a police station and called “wolves.” I guess what I hate most about this story is the fact that those kids WERE in the park and brutally beating all people…period! Are you kidding me??? Here’s the fact, sadly, if this horribly attacked jogger was not considered newsworthy, we would not even learn of the many other victims who were attacked that night by those thirty kids. THAT CRAP SICKENS ME!!!

[@jonathangullett3143]

Guilty of multiple assaults, not guilty of rape.

[@illumination101]

100% wat u said is exactly wat I thght. If they hadnt been doin bad things they wldnt have been wrongfully convicted, blk, white , purple , or green idc. Also, why wld the woman go jogging? That's just asking for trble as well.

[@rayonwilliamssportsandfun2106]

Jogger didnt like blk .. she knew at some point it was one guy.. God spared her life to free those men n didnt n until now she never went to the men to some how heal their hearts including hers

[@oiram48]

Rayon Williams sports tv kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4qpc4WYoN-KiZY

[@joycegitau3773]

@@oiram48 I've seen that video by a supposedly balanced journalist I laugh at that that dude calls people from one party as coming from a plantation yeah no he's the furthest thing from balanced that anyone will ever come across.

[@jlaw7842]

Saying the victims had no business in the park that night is like saying a person struck by a drunk diver at 2AM had no business being out that late. Nonsense. Growing up in NYC, in the 80s, the police corruption, bigotry, you knew NOT to speak to or trust the police without a lawyer. Let's also not forget the jury convicted the Five without DNA, without physical evidence, and the same coerced confessions we see and hear. The prosecution did not convict the Five. Blame to go all around.

[@oiram48]

J Law kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4qpc4WYoN-KiZY

[@bayram493]

40 of them, these are humans you’re describing sir not sheep

[@sizablefootwear6489]

I dont how she remembers all that but cant remember how many or who attacked her...smh

[@possumfriend2335]

There were handprint bruises of multiple sizes on her body, she had head trauma and was in a coma afterward. Tht usually will affect memory of things during and after the head trauma.

[@PrincessZaire100]

Just a bad penny girl go on somewhere. All the evidence proved that there was ONE person not 5 CHILDREN.

[@tammiepage6489]

It’s very possible wow do research she was hit in the god damn head there are many cases where people can’t remember who attack them but can remember things they did that day you might as well say how can she even remember her child hood if you want to say what you just said and sometimes when something bad happens your brain blocks it out that’s heartless if you you try to blame a woman that was raped that’s what it sounds like you are trying to do it’s not like she said they did it wow she is still a victim too but there we go people still find a way to blame a woman that was rape

[@ruthdevisser6632]

Ya that always makes me wonder also .Why does a young lady ( or even young man) go walking in a public park in the middle of the night ?especially by your self?

[@measl]

*These are the ANIMALS that Netflix says are innocent. If you read the interrogations however, there is **_absolutely no question_** that these sorry excuses for humans are **_completely_** guilty. The worst part is that this was a **_common_** occurrence at that time (I lived there at the time). There were groups of vigilante's forming to go hunting the animals that went hunting in the park every night (and the police were **_very_** supportive, although that support was off the record. The police went out of their way to avoid "seeing" any of the vigilante groups patrolling).*

[@nanettevalencia4243]

And there you have it. Opps, did you just out these good cops?

[@CJ-jx4bq]

@measl ; _"If you read the interrogations however, there is absolutely no question that these sorry excuses for humans are completely guilty."_ Where are the transcripts of the interrogations you say you read? Because NONE exist! You can watch the _"confessions"_ but can't see, hear or read the interrogations that went before that.

[@djx6593]

Listen to the tapes! Listen to Korey’s “confession” you can hear those kids being beaten.

[@measl]

@@CJ-jx4bq I was a city resident back then, and there WERE transcripts, and they were widely quoted in the news reports. What was interesting was what it took to find them - it was really difficult. Eventually, there was a full copy circulated through the main library. You can probably get them from the courts as well: they are public information as long as they were entered into the official record (which I can't think of a reason they wouldn't be, although IANAL).

[@CJ-jx4bq]

@@measl - I'll repeat that there are no transcripts of their interrogations. We'd sure as heck get to see/hear them too if they were anything like the videotaped confessions. Do you really think they wouldn't happily make them available if they existed? i.e. the audio &/or video of the interrogations. There aren't any thus you couldn't have read the transcripts of any.

[@cefarther3945]

I watched the interviews with the cops: That Kory who was apart of the Central Park 5 told the story accurately and waived his right to a free attorney but he said he didn't do it, his friends did. They all did. The Central Park 5 were guilty.

[@tammiepage6489]

You are dumb why was no blood on them nothing else no other evidence on them but yet you still are stupid and blind when so many has said they where told to say that they where lie too but your another sheep that thinks cops always do the right thing and they don’t force boss confessions do your fucking research it happens all the time in fact they told them they can go home if they Confess but keep being ignorant and blind wow keep thinking it so damn stupid they where scared kids I hope one day you’ll be accused of something you didn’t do and then you see what cops do it still happens but turn a blind eye

[@richlo4652]

I heard the detective mike died from cancer last week. Hopefully Linda can follow suit or catch a 223 to her dome

[@natashaluo5697]

I hope it was drawn out and very painful.

[@richlo4652]

Natasha Luo facts

[@sidzy79]

I'm gonna play the devil's advocate here. Granted, the kids didn't rape that woman. Neither did they deserve the punishment they got BUT they did participate in roving and quite possibly assaulted a few people too. That could've been a separate punishment but the way Netflix series portrayed them as completely innocent, is not true! It was just a case of teenagers behaving rowdy.

[@jacquesgardner143]

So what I’m getting from this is that some of these things did occur with the group of young men beating random people but who was convicted were the wrong 5 black boys my grandmother always says be careful being at the wrong place at the wrong time but Linda Farstein you reap what you sew

[@saigie3908]

Tbh who jogs in the night in a park where kids beat ppl up.

[@liberteysfinest]

Why y'all blaming the people getting beat up

[@lexirhee3738]

I always wondered why the system don’t use lie detector test on suspects when questioning them and making evidence tapes, I think that would help a lot.

[@tsunamirique8628]

Justina Love they are reliable as u think that’s why they don’t use them anymore

[@cynthiabates3807]

It's easy to cheat them that's why they don't use them.

[@maggiemcfly5267]

They're unreliable. Not only is easy to cheat them, imagine they used them in the interrogations of this kids, they were already really scared, the heart rate up would have shown on the scan and would have been one more nail to their coffin

[@okaro6595]

Because they re no reliable. They can help in determining on whom to focus but the idea that they should determine the guilt does not make sense.

[@okaro6595]

@@maggiemcfly5267 Do you think you are the only one who knows the methods to cheat them? The ones giving the test know also and nowadays most are caught by trying the methods. That is a more secure find than an unconscious reaction. It shows intend to lie.

[@StrawberryShortCake1986]

I'm not saying that it is anything importing about this case but I now can't help but to wonder what the jogger is thinking now that 5 innocent kids through this .. Watching the last episode of when they see us and Corey getting stabbed literally made me sick and just ball... I mean a whole series was saddening in they went through but that was the most stomach and heart hitting part for me

[@PrincessZaire100]

Sam she never even took Ava’s invitation to talk about her side and she’s still friends with Linda Frankistien till this day

[@robf1801]

These 'innocent kids' were attacking people that night and more than likely were involved in the rape.

[@JaneDoe-di1wh]

She doesn’t remember anything about the attack or even hours before so she probably doesn’t feel anything. She didn’t pick them out a line up and get them wrongfully convicted.

[@tatriceshipp9139]

And they were not harassing nor beating people either. Smfh

[@JavierRosexxx]

They were

[@oiram48]

Tatrice Flowers kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4qpc4WYoN-KiZY

[@nolosolo8589]

Why tf is Linda in this 🙄

[@adnankhalid6410]

Exactly!!

[@renukamittal6823]

youtube is literally drunk..🤦‍♀️😂😂😂

[@michellehitt1976]

😂🤣

[@coochiekill3r349]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@doribells2290]

Why would these kids go around attacking people for no reason.

[@eiannainaliccia287]

Y’all want to make this bc it came out on Netflix ?? Y’all dead wrong 🥺💔

[@frankiecheech1137]

I think the five claiming they didn’t rape her is based on their deluded opinion of “well I didn’t stick anything in her” so I am innocent. They probably think in their simple minds holding her down, beating her and just touching her was just kids being kids. So my conclusion is either they are truly monsters with no conscience who don’t actually care about the victims, the real victims who were being beaten, but only themselves. Boo hoo, poor babies lost your childhood and everyone hated you. Ever think it might have been because your actions were so Fkd that, even at a time of record murder and crime, people were shocked at the viscousness? I’ve read so many documents, transcripts, and depositions on this case, hoping I could find, maybe one of the 30 something kids and family members , willing to tell the truth on this case, and all I I have read is a bunch of bitter lying savages that would go to any extreme or depth to lie for their own benefit once again. Some people are good, and some people are just born to be pieces of trash. At the end of they day, these 5 know what they did. And all the interviews, movies or money will never change that fact. Just wish they had the balls to say “ you know what, we participated, we beat those people up, and we still came out on top”. But they were cowards then and are still cowards, it’s just unfortunate most people in this comment section are too blind or prejudice to see it or do the research.

[@melindamullins9649]

the violence is unbelievable.

[@chanelwarnier3135]

wait I watched this story on Netflix to this made me so mad and sad at the same time

[@oiram48]

Chanel Warnier kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4qpc4WYoN-KiZY

[@diomonds4ever]

I wasn’t even born yet when this happened but even now I live in a safe neighborhood where people walk they’re dogs at night and I still would not jog or go out alone as a young woman I never like being out after dark especially by myself because criminals just look for an easy target and a woman alone is prime victim for sick minded people

[@MrsRosencranz1]

I'm gonna be honest here. I was 29 at the time living on the East side and doing professional theater. I had no access to tv. I worked at night. never saw the Donald's tv spot. Anyone who went into Central Park at night was either a moron or had no ones best interest in mind. That was the general mind set at the time. When we first heard of the incident, my fear was for my gay friends who might be cruising the Ramble for a hookup. When the kids were arrested we didn't give them a thought, we never expected them to be innocent, why would they be in the park except to do harm We didn't have any sympathy for the victim either. You just don't go into the park at night , any idiot knew that. New Yorkers, a tough crowd. We moved on to the next story pretty fast.

[@thefungusshow2535]

0:40 Salaam says they thought they were going to go skateboarding in the park... but nobody brought a skateboard. They did bring a knife and a metal pipe.

[@michaelwestcott5041]

this is because of the well fare system

[@psa2969]

I blame the corrupt police for what happened to these 5 but moreover blame the stupid violent kids who were just in for gratuis attacks. It's always difficult with kids but one has to check whom they are hanging around. Let this be a lesson for the kids today who follow groups of roaming "popular" neighbourhood kids such as Baltimore lately.

[@psa2969]

@@897peace I am Black myself and no, I didn't imply that these 5 boys were involved in the violence. But the point remains the same, not to even follow random or "popular" groups. Whether the violence starts or not you will end in a bad spot. I grew up in Europe and used hangout in a place were occasionally some people who were known to be Black drug dealers chilled. Guess what? When police came they did not let us leave till late at night and all the white people were free to go. I was lucky because I had ID and me and my friends had nothing. So yes it's a lesson regardless of white or Black.

[@rob9999i]

@@897peace Well he got the worst outcome as all his "friends" said he was the one who did it. They could have said "it was nothing to do with him, it was the others" but they didn't. As he was 16 he got the worst of it. Have to put some blame with the guys on film throwing him under the bus, bully tactics or not. If my best friend wasn't there nothing would make me say he was there and raped someone

[@897peace]

Robert James do you not understand how dehumanizing it is to be under investigation for HOURS! No food, no drink. As children? They were beaten up. And they were promised they could go home. You would do whatever it takes to go home. Granted, it was messed up what he did it doesn’t change that the justice system is at fault. They put the boys against each other. And they took advantage of Korey. Korey processes things differently due to his learning disabilities and hearing problems. And he’s sweet natured. They preyed on that! It’s so damn easy for EVERYONE to say what they will and won’t do until they are put in that situation. You can’t say what you would do. You weren’t in their shoes. I’m not placing blame on anyone besides the justice system and the investigators. They were children. No way...

[@rob9999i]

@@897peace Yeah all allegedly, none of this shit was on film so how do we know what happened? No doubt they were lied to but how dumb do you need to be (excluding Korey as he had difficulties) to admit to police you are part of a rape and GBH, on paper and on film and think you'll be going home with nothing? Obviously the cops are way out of line and should be punished accordingly/system changed but that is some stupid shit right there and is also a good example of why you don't rat on your best friend when they are innocent thinking you can go free instead of them!! Lots of learnings here and not just the police!

[@vidaloko50]

Robert James The only 2 people who knew each other were Korey and Yusef ... All loud and wrong

[@edbrophy4602]

"Omission of crucial details and twisted story telling" is always easy for "the Jessie Smollet Empire," as it always will be in media rape trials -- "just a walk in the park."

[@amcra1]

Ed Brophy it’s Jussie, dumb ass

[@walewilliams6298]

Fail!!!

[@catherinefox5078]

You hear how he says "and them."

[@chosenpeople5881]

They show the devil at the end

[@gisselljuarez8323]

This is on Netflix it made me cry

[@NewLifeStylemedia]

What happened to 25? Or 35? They said 30 to 40 people

[@archstanton3430]

I'll bet these kids' fathers gave them a stern talking-to when they got home. [holds earpiece] What's that? Oh...

[@opalgoon6154]

The circumstances that night weren't very hard to tie together in some sense, as in it was not a stretch to link the rape with the assaults and threats committed by these young men. Why is that so hard for people to absorb? Why is that offensive?! They were kids doing fucked up stuff, we've been there on some level before...who gives a fuck about their color, their actions were a combination of poor choices that night...black, white, hispanic, who cares..they were acting like assholes when their lives were turned upside down...is that a hard pill to swallow? It irritates me to no end that people want to paint them in such an innocent light that we loosely throw around the word racism....we need to heal, to join together, we aren't on teams and if we are it should be good vs evil

[@dragonjoe1942]

People suck! Especially my family! lol😲😂

[@karolj.6775]

That's why it's fucked up that LEGALY its a pain in the ass for law obiding citizens to carry a gun..

[@annnelo1381]

For some odd reason I think this lady remembers the whole incident, nothing against her because I'm sorry that happened. However, why is it that she remembers every single thing except for that? It can be true she doesn't but she was brainwashed and went along with those detectives to send those poor boys away.

[@melissabell4898]

Agreed. If they were that violent and aggressive towards those boys getting them to confess then im sure if the Woman mentioned at any time they may not be the ones who assaulted her im sure they quickly steered her back to thinking they had the right suspects.

[@iantempleton313]

I see a lot of comments here saying “well then why would you go out at night?! You knew it was dangerous.” That is such victim blaming. Yes, it is unwise to go out at night when crime is high in a certain area, and you are putting yourself at risk, but people shouldn’t have to live in fear either. That’s like saying “that girl was dressed slutty at the club…So of course she got raped!” It’s truly disgusting. When someone is attacked or when a horrible accident occurs, you can’t think of it as “well, if they hadn’t *blank*” If we looked at it that way, there would be no true justice, ever.

[@cheeseburgeralltopings7583]

Lived in the city from 1983 to 2000 never fancied the park at night.... remember free Diana Ross concert and the end a good old NYC chaos moment

[@AlejandroJaime213]

It’s on Netflix

[@ChillVibesHarmonies]

Thats sad.. People are worried about being first. When these people hurt and did damage to a bunch of people. What if it was you who they stole things from? Stop being silly on KZbin I know you are kids, but these were kids too and they were terrorizing people in New York. This park supposed to be a safe place for people to walk. If you walk in a park and people start attacking you that's not good is it?

[@checkupapp]

Hey dumbass, you don't get LIFE in jail as a 15 year old to assulting someone... more importantly, you shouldnt be PURPOSELY AND FALSELY INDICTED AS A MINOR for a crime that has NO EVIDENCE AGAINST YOU AT ALL... If they gang raped that girl... she would be DEAD.... period... we would have PLENTY.. not just a little or controversial, PLENTY OF DNA, MARKS, WEAPONS, CUM, SOMETHING!! But hey, you more worried about getting things stolen than being falsely accused for crime you didnt commit that will cost you 20 years of your life..

[@Ash2beauty]

Classy Panda345 who are “these people “? Because CP5 r innocent Pooh!

[@princessstackz4453]

Who people are you referring to ? Because Central Park 5 were witnesses not involved

[@ChillVibesHarmonies]

@@Ash2beauty the first half of my comment, I was referring to people who were worried about being the first one to comment. The second half was about the video and how people should care more about what's going on then about being first. I wasn't trying to sound stupid since you all thought I was being stupid.

[@ChillVibesHarmonies]

@@checkupapp why do people yell at people on KZbin? It's kind of rude you know. I also was not saying that this was a good thing, I was just saying that people should respect these people that we're getting beaten up.

[@lorafox1234]

They were all out to violate and assault people that night. They were all there. After watching all video confessions changed my mind especially Clarence Steve Lopez t Mateus and joho they may not have raped her because they couldn’t get hard!! They all name the same people. They were just as guilty the series misses out all this. They only want you to see what they wanted us to believe.

[@kristyallen4602]

Bigger conversations needs to be with about mob mentality & being a good person. Any of these “kids” would feel differently if this happened to their Grandma or Mother. Raise your kids better. It’s awful this happened. It’s awful the comments are why where these people doing normal activities & feeling safe. Stupid. Bad investigation, yeah.. great way to not be fingered, don’t be there or speak up and stop the insanity you’re involved in. Either way.. they were involved.

[@C.P.T.87]

It seems like they never even cared about the woman jogger because if they did would have wanted to find the real person that did that to her they knew they had the wrong people

[@bayleenicole2096]

Nothing about their group that night was innocent. Period

[@jaliaholiver5654]

This sounds like “when they see us” on Netflix 🤔

[@h.m.8696]

The Netflix movie, is based on this real life event...The Central Park jogger case.

[@shondellbutler5055]

Lying cops, prosecuters, and victim

[@baimcollado7540]

Damn

[@asufans5]

Wow, kids randomly attacking people!!!! Great parents. They wanted a great life for there kids.

[@MySweetAriane]

Dumbass what parents would want their child to do that. Kids make mistakes you idiot. They do stupid things and follow the crowd

[@jenjen4201]

This is a tragedy. But so is what this so called Justice Department did to these 5 boys. Their lives ruined!

[@BlackPanther-vk5ew]

What a joke. ........I can imagine how many cops were around!!! To only catch 5??? Not very many!!!PATHETIC!!!

[@Little_Bitz]

Um fact check... that Tony Montalvo guy is actually Raymond Santana Jr... or am I just blind???

[@elizabethsullivan3838]

You're just blind.

[@Highland_Moo]

So much victim blaming - asking why folk are jogging etc. Maybe ask why there’s always been coloured folk looking for trouble and roaming in packs. Causing misery because they think they’re owed something. Still happening today.

[@southphillyexplorer]

Call a spade a fuckin spade

[@gj5250]

I'll stick with the Northwest less people.

[@yjk5737]

So the Central Park Five were part of the group that was attacking people in the park. They don't deny any of that. Saw one interview someone did with one of them where the interviewer implied that cops just went out and picked up five random guys from the city days after.

[@fullychip6115]

TBA it wasn’t them but they were there

[@22moviefan22]

Nobody implied they were perfect , but they weren’t guilty of the crime they were convicted of .

[@humblebragger500]

Taylor Renae hey but now many years later theyre running with the story that they did absolutely nothing at all.

[@22moviefan22]

Reggie Nobles does it ease your conscious to attach some degree of criminality to their identity?

[@humblebragger500]

Taylor Renae no but why lie? Does lies ease your mind? Because playing with my reality and emotions is not a game i like to play.

[@drentoc8819]

💥trump's thoughts and actions about the Central park five. What a stable genius When a Central Park jogger was brutally raped and beaten nearly to death in 1989, trump was at the front of the pack calling for literal blood. Four black teenagers and one Latino teenager were charged and jailed on shaky evidence after confessing to the crime under intense questioning, and two weeks after the attack, trump took out a full-page ad in four city newspapers advocating for the reinstatement of the death penalty. But the so-called Central Park Five were vindicated in 2002, when their convictions were vacated after a convicted murderer and rapist confessed to the crime - a confession that was corroborated by DNA evidence. (DNA was never found connecting the Central Park Five to the crime.) The Central Park Five were eventually awarded a $41 million settlement from New York City in 2014. But over the decades, even as it became increasingly clear that the Central Park Five were innocent, trump has continued to call for their deaths, and even criticized the city for its multi-million dollar settlement - all without any actual evidence that the Central Park Five were involved in the rape. "To see that he has not changed his position of being a hateful person, to see that he has not changed his position of inciting people, to see that he's still the same person and in many ways he has perfected his sense of being the number-one inciter, you know, I was scared," Yusef Salaam, who was 15 when he was accused as one of the Central Park Five, told the Guardian earlier. "I thought for a moment: What would this country look like with donald trump as president? That's a scary thing."

[@CJ-jx4bq]

Even worse that he has the ability to read the documents relating to the officers/detectives and other officials involved that had to be made available during the lawsuit. They were woefully corrupt and had records of it in their jackets and had never been punished.

[@lxst.9942]

2020 is staged by actors 😂😂😂😴😴😴😩😩🤚🏻

[@guillermo07091983]

First

[@compendioussuccient6784]

Whenever it’s black people the comments get so defensive

[@lizzybrandani5182]

put Linda in jail

[@hayleysommers9049]

First

[@xstr8_chopgodyoung554]

First

[@guillermo07091983]

No me!!!!

[@guillermo07091983]

No MEE