New York City: SummerStage Announces 2023 Season | VIDEO
[…] excited to announce the 2023 season of Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage, New York City’s beloved outdoor performing arts festival, bringing 80 free and benefit shows to Central Park and 12 neighborhood parks across the five boroughs. Returning for its 37th year, the festival will once again showcase established and emerging artists from across […]
A Central Park Entrance to be Named for the Exonerated ‘Central Park Five’
[…] — An entrance to Central Park will be named the “Gate of the Exonerated” to honor the group of Black and Hispanic teens known as the “ Central Park Five” who were wrongfully convicted of beating and raping a White female jogger in the park more than 30 years ago. Individuals from the group, also known […]
Trump Race Baits with the Central Park Five Case — Yet Again
The Central Park Five *GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump turns Will Rogers famed maxim that he never met a man he didn’t like on its head every time when it comes to race baiting. He’s never met an opportunity to take a racial dig or shot that he didn’t like. This time it’s the Central Park […]
‘Central Park Five/Exonerated Five’ Members Sue Trump for Defamation After His Debate Comments on 1989 Case | WATCH
*(CNN) — Members of the “ Central Park Five” a/k/a “The Exonerated Five,” sued former President Donald Trump on Monday over “false and defamatory” statements they allege he made about their 1989 case during a presidential debate last month. The five men claim in a federal lawsuit that Trump knew he was acting with “reckless disregard” […]
A Central Park Entrance Named for the EXONERATED ‘Central Park Five’ is Unveiled | WATCH
[…] — New York City unveiled the “Gate of the Exonerated” in Central Park Monday to honor the group of Black and Hispanic teens known as the “ Central Park Five” who were wrongfully convicted of beating and raping a White female jogger in the park more than 30 years ago. Korey Wise, Antron McCray, Raymond Santana, […]
Ava DuVernay, Harpo Films Developing ‘Central Park Five’ Drama Series for Netflix
Ava DuVernay (Instagram) *Ava DuVernay is teaming with Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Films, Participant Media and Tribeca Productions to bring the true story of the Central Park Five jogger case to Netflix in 2019, reports Variety. Created, written and directed by DuVernay, the five-episode scripted series follows the true 1989 case of five teens who were wrongfully convicted of […]
‘When They See Us’ Ignites Calls for Boycott of Linda Fairstein’s Books Over Central Park Five Case
[…] Us,” ex-prosecutor Linda Fairstein has been called out on social media for her role in turning upside the lives of the Black and Latino males dubbed the Central Park Five back in the late 80’s. Fairstein was in charge of the interrogation of the wrongfully convicted teens then went on to have a highly successful literary […]
‘When They See Us’ Made Me Mad as Hell! – An EUR Movie Review
The real life Central Park Five *I do not know how I really feel about the Ava DuVernay directed and executive produced Netflix Original movie, “When They See Us,” the story of the “Central Park Five.” First off, the acting was superb; award winning in fact. Actually, the entire movie was an award-winning caliber production. Ava […]
Central Park 5 Awarded Additional $3.9M Settlement From New York for Wrongful Imprisonment
[…] June 09, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Source: Getty Images North America) *Two years after receiving a $41 million wrongful conviction payout from New York City, the Central Park Five collected an additional $3.9 million from the state. The settlement was for the economic and emotional ruin the five men endured caused by their imprisonment as […]
Yusef Salaam, Member of ‘Central Park Five,’ Wins NYC Council Seat | Video
Yusef Salaam (Mary Altaffer-AP) *Yusef Salaam, one of the “ Central Park Five” who was wrongly convicted and later exonerated for a 1989 attack on a white female jogger, will be a member of the New York City Council. Salaam won a Democratic primary earlier this year. USA Today reports that he emerged victorious in the […]
EUR Guest Commentary/’When We See Them’: Skin Color as Conduit of Criminal Prosecution
[…] of her person (link). In the aftermath, youths Kevin Richardson, 14, Raymond Santana, 14, Antron McCray, 15, Yusef Salaam, 15, and Korey Wise 16 known as the Central Park Five were convicted by New York prosecutors. In an effort to rescue truth and alleviate the stress of the Central Park Five, Ava DuVernay, years later memorialized […]
Elizabeth Lederer, Central Park Five Prosecutor, Resigns From Columbia Law School
[…] Archives /(c) NYP Holdings, Inc. via Getty Images) *Shout out to Black Twitter for doing its part in helping to bring down the lead prosecutor of the Central Park Five. According to published reports, Elizabeth Lederer has resigned from Columbia Law School, amid scrutiny over how she handled the 1989 rape case of a female jogger […]
‘Central Park Karen’ Defends 911 Call to Falsely Accuse Black Bird-Watcher of Threatening Her
Central Park Karen (Amy Cooper) *Amy Cooper, the woman known as “Central Park Karen,” is speaking out about her infamous encounter with Christian Cooper (no relation)—a Black bird-watcher whom she accused of threatening her and her dog in Central Park last May. “I don’t know that as a woman alone in a park […]
Former Central Park Five Prosecutor Hits Netflix and Ava DuVernay with Defamation Lawsuit
[…] At Raleigh Studios on June 09, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (June 8, 2019 – Source: Getty Images North America) *The former prosecutor whose office oversaw the Central Park Five case has filed a defamation lawsuit against Netflix and director Ava DuVernay over her portrayal in the acclaimed miniseries “When They See Us.” Linda Fairstein is also […]
Trump Once Again Refuses to Apologize to Central Park 5: ‘They Admitted Their Guilt’ – WATCH
[…] for Florida, he took questions from reporters. White House correspondent April Ryan was one of those reporters and she asked Trump if he would apologize to the Central Park Five after famously taking out a full page ad that called for their executions. “Why do you bring that question up now?” he asked her. Apparently he’s […]
