I forgot to mention that this week I’m showing Central Park Five to two of my classes. It’s a great example of people continuing to believe what they’ve decided is true even when significant evidence the contrary emerges. If you haven’t seen it I highly recommend it. Ken Burns at his best.
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I'll have to sake a look at some point. I'm from NYC so I'm pretty familiar with the case. Also Trump still believes they were guilty so again, all anyone should have needed to know about the guy...
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/18/opinion/why-trump-doubled-down-on-the-central-park-five.html
Yup. He's in the film, which causes a communal groan from the students. He took out a full page ad in three NY newspapers calling for the death penalty.