When They See Us on Netflix

[Anonymous]

Releases tomorrow. Looking forward to this one.

[Anonymous]

What an incredible miscarriage of justice. I haven't seen the whole thing yet. What did you think OP?

[Anonymous]

I started to watch and had to stop. I read an article that said not to wait until you're in the mood to watch but to just watch it. It's so painful, though. I'll try again.

I've been reading a lot about the case, though. NYTimes had a long article about the case a few days ago, written by a reporter who covered it at the time.

I also googled to find out more about the jogger and what's happened to her. She's not happy about the settlement and feels that the man who actually attacked her did not do so alone, as he claimed, so she sounds like she's still suspicious of these guys. It was disheartening to hear that.

[Anonymous]

Holy S#!+. Just finished the first part. That was heavy. I was a preteen in NYC at the time. Now I am a high school educator and these kids remind me of my students. This makes my heart hurt. This whole country is making me hurt lately. I know this is the kind of thing we "know" happens, but to see it unfold, with children and their families...

Just watch it. Don't expect to enjoy it. But it's important.

[Anonymous]

Watched the first episode this weekend. It was gut-wrenching. I just kept seeing the faces of my DS's best friends in the faces of those 5 young men. I want to watch the other episodes, but it is going to be emotionally taxing.

[Anonymous]

What lives do people have who watch stuff like this in their free time? Mine is so precious, def wouldn’t watch anything like this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I started to watch and had to stop. I read an article that said not to wait until you're in the mood to watch but to just watch it. It's so painful, though. I'll try again.

I've been reading a lot about the case, though. NYTimes had a long article about the case a few days ago, written by a reporter who covered it at the time.

I also googled to find out more about the jogger and what's happened to her. She's not happy about the settlement and feels that the man who actually attacked her did not do so alone, as he claimed, so she sounds like she's still suspicious of these guys. It was disheartening to hear that.

I did the exact same thing. Started to watch, got halfway through the episode, and I was so upset that I had to walk away while DW finished it. I've seen the documentary (also wrenching to watch) but something about this recreation of the events made it sickening to watch.

I feel the same about the jogger, who seems to express no remorse whatsoever that these young boys were falsely jailed for years. Of course it's not her fault, but to not acknowledge this huge miscarriage of justice.....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What lives do people have who watch stuff like this in their free time? Mine is so precious, def wouldn’t watch anything like this.

Why .. the truth hurts too much?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What lives do people have who watch stuff like this in their free time? Mine is so precious, def wouldn’t watch anything like this.

Yes, please tell about how precious your time is while you’re posting on an internet entertainment forum. ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What lives do people have who watch stuff like this in their free time? Mine is so precious, def wouldn’t watch anything like this.

Because sometimes we need to watch difficult things. Sometimes we need to live outside the precious bubble we've created for ourselves. Sometimes we need to stare into the face of injustice and not turn a blind eye because my time is too "precious."

...I guess this is why the Kardashians are so popular.

[Anonymous]

I plan to watch it with my two boys, 14 and 19.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What lives do people have who watch stuff like this in their free time? Mine is so precious, def wouldn’t watch anything like this.

They're living the lives of people with integrity and ethics, who understand that decent people need to understand and bear witness to the atrocities that have occurred to others. It is absolutely a worthy thing to do with one's precious time.

But enjoy The Bachelor.

[Anonymous]

Wife and I watched Episode 1 on Saturday afternoon and both of us were literally tensed up the entire time while struggling to make it thru the whole thing.

I know we're going to watch Episode 2 but not until next Saturday. We both agreed there was no way we could stomach all that mental/emotion stress and turmoil before bed and having to go to work the next day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What lives do people have who watch stuff like this in their free time? Mine is so precious, def wouldn’t watch anything like this.

They're living the lives of people with integrity and ethics, who understand that decent people need to understand and bear witness to the atrocities that have occurred to others. It is absolutely a worthy thing to do with one's precious time.

But enjoy The Bachelor.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What lives do people have who watch stuff like this in their free time? Mine is so precious, def wouldn’t watch anything like this.

Because ignorance is what allows tragedies like this to occur. If we stick our heads in the sand and pretend these things are not happening, they will surely continue. The country was super interested when they were being dragged through the mud as animals. Surely we can pay as much attention to the story of their innocence and to learn something about the areas of our justice system that are failing us.