The former Republican president has repeatedly declined to apologize for his full-page ad calling to reinstate the death penalty.
Former President Donald Trump used the national stage of Tuesday’s presidential debate to double down on his decades-old stance on the Central Park Five, the group of exonerated Black and Latino teens who were once falsely convicted of a brutal 1989 rape and assault.Trump took out in New York City newspapers in the wake of the attack. At the time, Trump called to reinstate the death penalty in New York.
Harris, a Democrat, said Trump’s ad called “for the execution of five young Black and Latino boys who were innocent.” Trump, in turn, accused Harris of being “divisive,” before claiming “a lot of people, including Mayor Bloomberg, agreed with me on the Central Park Five.” “They admitted,” Trump said. “They said they pled guilty. And I said, well, if they pled guilty, they badly hurt the person, killed the person ultimately. … Then they pled, ‘We’re not guilty.’”The Central Park Five did not, in fact, plead guilty; they were convicted at trial after providing confessions that ultimately proved to be false. All five men — including current New York City Councilmember Yusef Salaam — had their convictions vacated in 2002, thanks in part to DNA evidence.
The decision comes as the City Council seemed poised to reject his nomination and as the mayor faces a growing crisis over federal scrutiny of his inner circle.The decision comes as the City Council seemed poised to reject his nomination and as the mayor faces a growing crisis over federal scrutiny of his inner circle.Gothamist is a website about New York City news, arts, events and food, brought to you by New York Public Radio.
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