Following Ava DuVernay's explosive Netflix docuseries "When They See Us" about the Central Park Five, there's been a resurgence of both interest and outrage around what's been remembered as "one of the most widely publicized crimes of the 1980s."
Prior to DuVernay's work, however, was Ken Burns' award-winning documentary that was released in 2012, which at that time garnered harsh criticism from a familiar adversary who would soon become the President of the United States.
"The Central Park Five documentary was a one-sided piece of garbage that didn't explain the horrific crimes of these young men while in the park," Trump tweeted back in 2013, which is still posted to this day reaffirming his unyielding belief in their guilt.
Additionally, Trump also replied to a comment that noted that the five men were exonerated by DNA evidence," to which the President oddly deflected to say "They were viciously attacking other people in the park - nice guys?"
Meanwhile, Trump hasn't appeared to acknowledge the new docuseries that has drawn a boycott of lead prosecutor Linda Fairstein, though he has taken the time to call Bette Midler a "washed up psycho" after the actress recently apologized for spreading fake news.
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