Ashley Martinez
Professor Nick
Philosophy 11
December 5, 2015
Analysis of Central Park Five Case
On April 1989, a woman was brutally beaten and raped near Central Park’s 102nd street in New York City, while going on her daily night jog. Five minority youth from ages 13 to 16 were arrested and convicted for the rape and almost-murder of Trisha Meili, a 28 year-old white woman from the upper east side of Manhattan. During this time in 1989 the city of New York was going through some rough times because of high crime rates, poverty increasing, lack of money for public schools and an uprising on the drug crack took action. New York was a dangerous city during this time, there was continuous high crime rates involving burglaries, victims …show more content…
She was a 28-year old investment banker working for the Salomon Brothers company, an investment bank in wall street. Often she was in the office late so she used daily jogging as a stress-reliever from work, so it was the norm for her to take daily jogs after work. On this day, while Trisha was preparing to go on her usual jog there was simultaneously another activity heading towards central park. A a large group of teenagers from Harlem were headed to Central park as well around 9 P.M, where they committed “wilding” actions in pursuit of trouble. The term, “wilding” signifies committing wild actions that originated from lyrics of Ton Loc’s hit song “wild thing”(Burns18). These teenagers did not all know each other, they knew a bit of each other were because they were of the same neighborhood or of nearby each neighborhoods. They entered into Central Park together and attacked a couple bikers and runners by throwing sticks or trying to push them. After throwing rocks to a couple bikers and runners, police came to see what the group of teenagers were doing after report of crime was reported by the victims. When this occurred many of the teenagers split up and went in different directions, but the cops directly arrested Steve Lopez and Raymond Sanatana; later meeting Kevin Richardson in the precinct as well. These boys were suppose to be released that night but when the detectives were informed by doctors that there was a white-woman raped and beat severely in Central Park and that she might not make it, detectives decided to hold the teenage boys longer than anticipated. Trisha was in critical conditions between life and death, doctors were not sure if she would make it due to her severe brain injuries and coma state of health. This led to detectives searching for other teenagers who were part of “wilding” in Central Park late night. According to the
Professor Nick
Philosophy 11
December 5, 2015
Analysis of Central Park Five Case
On April 1989, a woman was brutally beaten and raped near Central Park’s 102nd street in New York City, while going on her daily night jog. Five minority youth from ages 13 to 16 were arrested and convicted for the rape and almost-murder of Trisha Meili, a 28 year-old white woman from the upper east side of Manhattan. During this time in 1989 the city of New York was going through some rough times because of high crime rates, poverty increasing, lack of money for public schools and an uprising on the drug crack took action. New York was a dangerous city during this time, there was continuous high crime rates involving burglaries, victims …show more content…
She was a 28-year old investment banker working for the Salomon Brothers company, an investment bank in wall street. Often she was in the office late so she used daily jogging as a stress-reliever from work, so it was the norm for her to take daily jogs after work. On this day, while Trisha was preparing to go on her usual jog there was simultaneously another activity heading towards central park. A a large group of teenagers from Harlem were headed to Central park as well around 9 P.M, where they committed “wilding” actions in pursuit of trouble. The term, “wilding” signifies committing wild actions that originated from lyrics of Ton Loc’s hit song “wild thing”(Burns18). These teenagers did not all know each other, they knew a bit of each other were because they were of the same neighborhood or of nearby each neighborhoods. They entered into Central Park together and attacked a couple bikers and runners by throwing sticks or trying to push them. After throwing rocks to a couple bikers and runners, police came to see what the group of teenagers were doing after report of crime was reported by the victims. When this occurred many of the teenagers split up and went in different directions, but the cops directly arrested Steve Lopez and Raymond Sanatana; later meeting Kevin Richardson in the precinct as well. These boys were suppose to be released that night but when the detectives were informed by doctors that there was a white-woman raped and beat severely in Central Park and that she might not make it, detectives decided to hold the teenage boys longer than anticipated. Trisha was in critical conditions between life and death, doctors were not sure if she would make it due to her severe brain injuries and coma state of health. This led to detectives searching for other teenagers who were part of “wilding” in Central Park late night. According to the