Karma Trumps indictment prompts reaction from Central Park Exonerated Five
(NEW YORK) — Donald Trump called for the return of the death penalty in a series of ads in 1989 amid the case of the “Central Park Five” – five Black and brown boys wrongfully accused of rape and assault in New York City. More than 30 years later, some of the now-exonerated men say the former president’s indictment is “karma.” The case known as the “Central Park Five” began on April 19, 1989, when jogger Trisha Meili was raped, brutally beaten and left for dead in the park. She survived and testified, but did not remember her assault. Five…
