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Let's talk about the Exonerated 5 and a letter to Trump....

Belle of the Ranch

Belle of the Ranch

Society & Culture

4.91K Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2023

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Let's talk about the Exonerated 5 and a letter to Trump....

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0:00.0

Well, howdy there internet people, let's bow again. So today we are going to talk about an

0:07.5

open letter that was written to Trump.

0:13.0

And it's long, I'm not going to read the whole thing, but I'm definitely going to hit the highlights and kind of showcasecase what class really is.

0:29.0

If you are not familiar with the story of the Central Park 5. Definitely something worth reading up on.

0:40.3

This is the open letter, the opening of it.

0:43.2

On May 1st, 1989, almost 34 years ago,

0:46.5

Donald J. Trump spent $85,000 to take out full-page ads

0:51.1

in the New York Times, New York Daily News, New York Post, and New York News Day,

0:55.6

calling for the execution of the Central Park Five, an act he has never apologized for,

1:01.3

even after someone else confessed to and was convicted of the crime.

1:07.0

The conviction of all five of us were overturned, and we were renamed the exonerated five.

1:14.0

So, this is somebody that is a member of the exonerated five.

1:28.0

This is somebody that Trump did everything he could to ensure that the jury pool that the public opinion was swayed against them.

1:49.8

The problems our community faced when my name was splashed across the newspapers a generation

1:55.1

ago, inadequate housing, underfunded schools, public safety concerns, and a lack of good jobs

2:01.0

became worse during Donald Trump's time in office.

2:03.6

I'm trying to change that by working with so many other dedicated community members to build

2:09.0

a better future for everyone, both here in Harlem and across the country.

2:15.0

And he goes on.

2:17.0

He goes on, and he goes on and he points out a lot of Trump's hypocrisy while at the same time stressing

2:32.2

the need for positive change at the community level.

2:36.8

And he says that he hopes that Trump gets the one thing that they didn't get all those years ago,

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