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BeyondGeography

(39,822 posts)
Tue Dec 13, 2022, 01:39 AM Dec 2022

NYC to name Central Park gate for men formerly known as the Central Park Five


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NEW YORK -- One entrance to Central Park is getting a new name for the first time since the park opened in the late 1800s. The entrance will honor the exonerated five, formerly known as the "Central Park Five."

CBS2 spoke with one of those men who was wrongly jailed about the new name. "We want people to remember, in 1989, where was I?" Raymond Santana said. Thirty-three years ago, Santana walked through the northeast corner of Central Park, as did Yusef Salaam, Korey Wise, Antron McCray, and Kevin Richardson.

…”This gate isn't just about the exonerated five. It's about all of us. It's about all of us who have been done wrong by the system, all of us who have been run over by the spiked wheels of justice," Santana said...”To me, it just says that there's people in this city that still want to do the right thing.”

More at https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/central-park-gate-named-gate-of-the-exonerated-men-formerly-known-as-central-park-5/?intcid=CNM-00-10abd1h
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NYC to name Central Park gate for men formerly known as the Central Park Five (Original Post) BeyondGeography Dec 2022 OP
Trump wanted them executed lapfog_1 Dec 2022 #1
He did, all true BeyondGeography Dec 2022 #2
Look who the criminal is now...crying and whining. BigmanPigman Dec 2022 #3
You know those ice rinks or concessions or whatever that TFG's company used to have a RockRaven Dec 2022 #4

BeyondGeography

(39,822 posts)
2. He did, all true
Tue Dec 13, 2022, 01:51 AM
Dec 2022

That was Murdoch’s Post.

It was an extremely ugly time, made worse by provocateurs, none worse than him.

BigmanPigman

(52,129 posts)
3. Look who the criminal is now...crying and whining.
Tue Dec 13, 2022, 03:07 AM
Dec 2022

Maybe we should take a full page ad out calling for his execution.

Of course I am not seriously suggesting that but I love to see Karma happen and that would be fine with me. An eye for an eye, you fucking moron tRump. See how YOU like it. However this is not the same since tRump DID commit a zillion crimes and he IS guilty. Too bad they can't hang him for treason. I would buy a ticket.

RockRaven

(15,930 posts)
4. You know those ice rinks or concessions or whatever that TFG's company used to have a
Tue Dec 13, 2022, 04:18 AM
Dec 2022

contract to operate in Central Park? How about renaming that after them too?

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