"When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time." - Maya Angelou
Just finished watching this amazing documentary made by Ken Burns in 2013, which tells the story of the 1989 case of five Black and Latino teenagers wrongfully convicted of raping a white woman in NYC's Central Park. Halfway through the film, Trump's ugly mug pops up. The then real estate developer took it upon himself to take out full-page ads in 4 NYC newspapers calling for the death penalty for the accused. "It's more than anger, it's hatred. And I want society to hate them." he is shown saying during an interview. I honestly cannot look at his sea cucumber mouth, it makes my skin crawl.
Anyway, I digress. After two trials, all five boys were convicted and went on to serve prison terms of 6 to 13 years. Despite their exoneration in 2002 after a serial offender confessed to the crime, Trump still refused to retract his statements, once again demonstrating what we now know to be a rancid pattern of stoking fear and division, particularly towards communities of color. After the film came out, he tweeted that it was 'a one sided piece of garbage', which is exactly why you should all watch it.
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