My 17 year old daughter, a budding filmmaker who is a huge fan of @Ava, was deeply and forever moved by @WhenTheySeeUs. It made the injustice real to her.
So she went to the New York Public Library today to look at old records and stories on the Central Park Five case.
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All day long, my daughter sent me article after article she found from April of 1989 from the
@NYTimes &@NYPost &@NYDailyNews where each paper was absolutely brutal in their depiction and premature conviction of five boys who did not do what each paper said they did.Show this thread
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It’s interesting that you asked that
@shaunking I was thinking the same thing when I saw this headline.... you think@NYDailyNews want to start it off with the long overdue apologypic.twitter.com/f2XKz4ibD1
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Not just NYC but America will meet carma bcuz she refuses to acknowledge her wrong doings. Mother nature is here to show the world who they have been messing with. 400 years.
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Nope they probably think giving them money is enough.
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They need to but do you really think they will
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Especially complicit is
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No, New York City has not apologized to the Central Park Five. New York City should apologize to them. A prosecution fueled by racism stole their youth by putting them in prison despite their innocence.
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