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Daily reminder that our sitting president bought $85k worth of newspaper ads calling for the execution of a group of 14-16 year old Black boys who were pressured to waive their Miranda rights.
They were convicted and jailed for up to 13 years on a rape charge with no evidence.
They were convicted and jailed for up to 13 years on a rape charge with no evidence.
Steve Lopez (14)
Antron McCray (15)
Kevin Richardson (14)
Yusef Salaam (15)
Raymond Santana (14)
Korey Wise (16)
They were exonerated in 2002 and Trump in 2019 still refused to believe their innocence: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/18/nyregion/central-park-five-trump.html
Antron McCray (15)
Kevin Richardson (14)
Yusef Salaam (15)
Raymond Santana (14)
Korey Wise (16)
They were exonerated in 2002 and Trump in 2019 still refused to believe their innocence: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/18/nyregion/central-park-five-trump.html
“I want to hate these murderers and I always will,” Mr. Trump wrote in the May 1989 ad. “I am not looking to psychoanalyze or understand them, I am looking to punish them.”
“I don't see anything inciteful, I am strongly in favor of the death penalty. I am also in favor of... police forces that can do something... because every lawyer that represents people that are trouble, the first thing they do is start shouting police brutality, etc."
- Trump
- Trump
"I have never done anything that's caused a more positive stir. I've had 15,000, letters in the last week and a half. The ad's basically very strong and vocal, they are saying bring back law and order. And I'm not just referring to New York, I'm referring to everything."
- Trump
- Trump
. @ava’s incredible series on The Exonerated 5, “When They See Us”: https://bit.ly/2YEnGyd
