When They See Us Is Inspiring A New Generation To Protest
On June 17, protestors gathered outside the Manhattan District Attorney’s office, the very same building where five black teens had been wrongfully convicted of a brutal assault over 30 years ago. There, the protestors called for all cases tried by Linda Fairstein and Elizabeth Lederer, the prosecutors who spearheaded arrests of the men who were infamously vilified as “The Central Park Five,” to be reopened and reevaluated.