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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just got through the second episode and hav a question about the assaults committed against the two other people in the park that night. Clearly the 5 teens were coerced into false confession about the rape but wasn't the trial also about two other assaults. I believe they were pretty serious and folks were beaten into unconsciousness.   Were those also vacated?  Or is this clarified in later episodes.  I believe these guys were framed but I also believe they did participate in the other assaults that went down that night in central park.  Is that ever addressed?  The prosecutor was nuts but we need to talk about more than just the rape that happened.[/quote]

Why? Bc they were there? There is no proof they assaulted anyone. There were 30 kids in the park. No one know who assaulted the other victims. You’re doing exactly what the NY police department wanted the world to do. Believe these 5 boys were guilty of at least something without any actual proof. [/quote]

In the park with the intent to cause harm.[/quote]

So they shoudl go to jail for rape?[/quote]

No. Not at all. I believe there was a miscarriage of justice. Absolutely.
But the Netflix series has an agenda, and I don’t agree with it. 
I really find it troubling that everyone wants to go back and rewrite history. Most of my earlier posts were deleted and that’s fine. They had taken the thread off topic. I believe the portrayal in the show overly softens the teens. 
I didn’t grow up in that neighborhood during the 80’s but I did live there later as a young adult.
I had a friend murdered on the LES by a pack of teens. They were out pulling the same sh#t these guys were. 
And when I say “same sh#t” I mean they were out just running around, looking to rough some people up and steal some stuff. They didn’t intend to commit rape/murder.  In the case of the CP5, they are  not guilty of the rape/beating. Fine, but let’s not pretend these were sweet children railroaded by police. They were out looking for trouble. They just found more than they could handle.[/quote]

It is very clear that you are allowing your own personal issues to cloud your judgment.  [/quote]

Exactly.

What is the agenda? To portray how young black boys are perceived by the media, society and police? If you’re black this isn’t news nor an agenda. It’s life. If you think it’s pretending then that shows the world you grew up in. I will accept that at the end of the day they were children thrust into the media by racism. They weren’t treated fairly or like your white child would’ve been. They were absolutely railroaded by police. They didn’t deserve what happened to them. [/quote]

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