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The Central Park jogger case (sometimes termed the Central Park Five case) was a criminal case concerning the assault and rape of Trisha Meili, a woman in Central Park in Manhattan, New York, on April 19, 1989. [1] [2] On the night of the attack, dozens of teenagers had entered the park, and there were reports of muggings and physical assaults.
The Central Park Five is a 2012 documentary film about the Central Park jogger case, directed by documentary filmmaker Ken Burns, his daughter Sarah Burns, and her husband David McMahon. [1] It covers the arrests, interrogations, trials, convictions and vacating the convictions of the five men who were teenagers in 1989 at the time of the case.
When They See Us. When They See Us is a 2019 American crime drama television miniseries created, co-written, and directed by Ava DuVernay for Netflix, that premiered in four parts on May 31, 2019. It is based on events of the 1989 Central Park jogger case and explores the lives and families of the five Black and Latino male suspects who were ...
Yusef Salaam, one of the five men exonerated in the Central Park Five case, released a digital campaign ad on social media against former President Donald Trump, more than 30 years after Trump ...
Yusef Salaam, one of the exonerated “Central Park Five,” has won a Democratic primary for a seat on the New York City Council, all but assuring him of eventual victory. It’s an improbable ...
Yusef Salaam, one of the Exonerated Five (formerly known as the Central Park Five) speaks to a packed crowd at Colorado State University’s Lory Student Center Theater for Black History Month on ...
Korey Wise (born Kharey Wise, July 26, 1972) is an American activist who travels the United States advocating for criminal justice reform.Wise shares his stories of being wrongfully convicted in the Central Park jogger case (along with Raymond Santana Jr., Kevin Richardson, Antron McCray, and Yusef Salaam) for the attack on Trisha Meili, a 28-year-old white woman who was jogging in Central ...
NEW YORK — A long-forgotten sixth suspect in the notorious 1989 Central Park Five rape case is to be exonerated Monday, more than 30 years after he pleaded guilty to a lesser crime, the ...