The Central Park Five

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In 1989, five black and Latino teenagers were arrested and later convicted of raping a white woman in New York City’s Central Park. They spent between 6 and 13 years in prison before a serial rapist confessed to the crime, and their convictions were overturned.

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In 1989, five black and Latino teenagers were arrested and later convicted of raping a white woman in New York City’s Central Park. They spent between 6 and 13 years in prison before a serial rapist confessed to the crime, and their convictions were overturned.

Confessions vs. Evidence | The Central Park Five | PBS LearningMedia
In the very early morning of Friday, April 20, 1989, a jogger was discovered, badly injured in a ravine the northern area of Central Park. As the morning wore on, dectectives questioned the teenagers they had in custody about the jogger. Kevin Richardson, Raymond Santana, and Antron McCray describe the questioning from dectectives that they received that morning, as the dectives tried to fit the narrative about the jogger ending up in the bottom of the ravine to the teenagers' stories about what had happened in Central Park that night.
https://nm.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/confessions-evidence-video-1236/confessions-vs-evidence-ken-burns-the-central-park-five/
Interrogation | The Central Park Five | PBS LearningMedia
Kevin Richardson and Raymond Santana discuss the manipulation of their interrogation.
https://nm.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/interrogation-central-park-five-video-1238/interrogation-ken-burns-the-central-park-five/
Media Response | The Central Park Five | PBS LearningMedia
The media response to the Central Park Jogger was swift and prejudiced.
https://nm.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/media-response-video-1239/media-response-ken-burns-the-central-park-five/
Proxy War | The Central Park Five | PBS LearningMedia
Jim Dwyer of the New York Times talks about the Central Park Five being caught in a proxy war.
https://nm.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/proxy-war-video-1234/proxy-war-ken-burns-the-central-park-five/
Police Control the Narrative | The Central Park Five | PBS LearningMedia
The police controlled the story that was given to the news media. Upon closer investigation, the time sequence of the jogger's movements did not add up with the police narrative. The incongruities were set aside, however, since guilt had been established through the confessions.
https://nm.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/police-control-video-1237/police-control-story-ken-burns-the-central-park-five/
Confessions | The Central Park Five | PBS LearningMedia
After hours of intense interrogation, seasoned detectives intimidate the five teenagers into falsely incriminating each other.
https://nm.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/confessions-central-park-five-video-1231/confessions-ken-burns-the-central-park-five/
Death Penalty | The Central Park Five | PBS LearningMedia
Natalie Byfield of the Daily News discusses the horror of the death penalty even being talked about in the context of the Central Park Five case.
https://nm.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/death-penalty-central-park-five-video-1235/death-penalty-ken-burns-the-central-park-five/
Not Copping Out | The Central Park Five | PBS LearningMedia
The Central Park Five did not take a plea bargain.
https://nm.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/not-copping-out-video-1232/not-copping-out-ken-burns-the-central-park-five/

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Confessions vs. Evidence | The Central Park Five | PBS LearningMedia
In the very early morning of Friday, April 20, 1989, a jogger was discovered, badly injured in a ravine the northern area of Central Park. As the morning wore on, dectectives questioned the teenagers they had in custody about the jogger. Kevin Richardson, Raymond Santana, and Antron McCray describe the questioning from dectectives that they received that morning, as the dectives tried to fit the narrative about the jogger ending up in the bottom of the ravine to the teenagers' stories about what had happened in Central Park that night.
https://nm.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/confessions-evidence-video-1236/confessions-vs-evidence-ken-burns-the-central-park-five/
Interrogation | The Central Park Five | PBS LearningMedia
Kevin Richardson and Raymond Santana discuss the manipulation of their interrogation.
https://nm.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/interrogation-central-park-five-video-1238/interrogation-ken-burns-the-central-park-five/
Media Response | The Central Park Five | PBS LearningMedia
The media response to the Central Park Jogger was swift and prejudiced.
https://nm.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/media-response-video-1239/media-response-ken-burns-the-central-park-five/
Proxy War | The Central Park Five | PBS LearningMedia
Jim Dwyer of the New York Times talks about the Central Park Five being caught in a proxy war.
https://nm.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/proxy-war-video-1234/proxy-war-ken-burns-the-central-park-five/
Police Control the Narrative | The Central Park Five | PBS LearningMedia
The police controlled the story that was given to the news media. Upon closer investigation, the time sequence of the jogger's movements did not add up with the police narrative. The incongruities were set aside, however, since guilt had been established through the confessions.
https://nm.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/police-control-video-1237/police-control-story-ken-burns-the-central-park-five/
Confessions | The Central Park Five | PBS LearningMedia
After hours of intense interrogation, seasoned detectives intimidate the five teenagers into falsely incriminating each other.
https://nm.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/confessions-central-park-five-video-1231/confessions-ken-burns-the-central-park-five/
Death Penalty | The Central Park Five | PBS LearningMedia
Natalie Byfield of the Daily News discusses the horror of the death penalty even being talked about in the context of the Central Park Five case.
https://nm.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/death-penalty-central-park-five-video-1235/death-penalty-ken-burns-the-central-park-five/
Not Copping Out | The Central Park Five | PBS LearningMedia
The Central Park Five did not take a plea bargain.
https://nm.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/not-copping-out-video-1232/not-copping-out-ken-burns-the-central-park-five/

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The Central Park Five

In 1989, five black and Latino teenagers were arrested and later convicted of raping a white woman in New York City’s Central Park. They spent between 6 and 13 years in prison before a serial rapist confessed to the crime, and their convictions were overturned.

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