Justice for the Central Park 5

Justice for the
Central Park 5
Wrongfully Convicted
 
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DONALD TRUMP

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The Central Park Jogger 5 case is about 5 innocent Black and Latino teenagers who were wrongfully convicted of the rape and near murder of a young, white female who was jogging in New York City’s Central Park in 1989. Their convictions were based on false confessions coerced from them by the NYC Police Department.

Thirteen years later another man, convicted of similar crimes, made a full confession and his DNA matched. Despite outrage from some in the police department and the original prosecutors, the cases have now been overturned. In 2003, civil suits were begun by the five defendants against New York City.

Barely a week after these young men were arrested, real estate personality Donald Trump helped feed the racist media hysteria surrounding this case. He took out full page ads in all 5 major New York City newspapers, calling for the return of the death penalty so that these innocent children (then 14 -16 Years old) could be executed.

Since their exoneration Trump has said nothing about the role he played in assuring their wrongful conviction and done nothing to push the City to settle the Five’s civil suit for damages.

 

REPARATIONS NOW!

The city is temporarily re-naming a West Side street in honor of the children’s program’s 40th birthday

clipped from www.nbcwashington.com Sesame Street (Temporarily) Added to NYC Map The city is temporarily re-naming a West Side street in honor of the children’s program’s 40th birthday By EMILY FELDMAN In honor of the show’s 40th anniversary, New York City has proclaimed Nov. 10, “Sesame Street Day,” and will temporarily name a piece of Columbus Ave. at 64th Street in the show’s honor. Charles Rosen, the show’s designer created the brownstoney, urban set  based on several blocks on the Upper West Side, Harlem and the Bronx. But despite the inspiration culled from New York’s landscape, the show was not intended to be New York based.

In Need of Cash, State Requiring Drivers to Buy New $25 Plates

clipped from www.nytimes.com In Need of Cash, State Requiring Drivers to Buy New $25 Plates By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM ALBANY — New York drivers will start paying for new license plates next year — whether they want to or not. Beginning in April, car and tractor-trailer owners alike will have to shell out $25 for spruced-up license plates, by dictate of state leaders coming up with new ways to wring out revenue as an unprecedented budget shortfall looms. Drivers in New York have been besieged this year by a potpourri of fees. A $50 surcharge has been tacked onto registration renewals, and a driver’s license renewal costs an additional $16. Car rentals now include a 5 percent tax as well. “It was the last straw, to be honest with you,” said Patricia Ritchie, president of the New York State Association of County Clerks and the founder of NoNewPlates.com, a Web site that she says has attracted 56,000 visitors in less than a month. Department of Motor Vehicles