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Central Park Five Thesis

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Central Park Five
On April 20th 1989 a 28 year old Caucasian female, Trisha Meili, went for a jog in New York City's Central Park. Meili was found nearly dead, half naked, and bloody in the park. She is known as the Central Park Jogger and the five young African American males convicted of the brutal beating and rape of Meili are known as the Central Park Five.
At the time of this incident there was a “crime spree in which nearly three dozen youths roamed Central Park “wilding” — randomly attacking anyone they found.” (Marques) Antron McCray (15), Raymond Santana (14), Korey Wise (16), Kevin Richardson (14) and Yusef Salaam (15) were said to be the ones who beat and raped Meili. Articles made the teens seem like violent savages and not teenage

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