In light of the highly acclaimed Netflix series When They See Us, Donald Trump was asked if he wanted to apologize to the exonerated Central Park 5. In 1989, Trump called for the execution of the teens, who were falsely accused of raping a jogger in Central Park, by taking out ads in New York City newspapers to reinstate the death penalty in light of the case.
While the five men were exonerated in 2002 thanks to DNA evidence, Trump is refusing to apologize. When asked about the situation on Tuesday (June 18), Trump told reporters, "You have people on both sides of that. They admitted their guilt."
He then referred to Linda Fairstein, who served as a prosecutor in the case and stood by the prosecution in an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal last week. Trump stated, "If you look at Linda Fairstein and look at some of the prosecutors, they think that the city should never have settled that case. So we’ll leave it at that."
