I listened to the radio show on WNYC with the producers and one of the central park five. Ms. Burns brings home the point that the conviction of the Five were racially motivated. Central Park was sacred ground in the minds of many. So the feeling was that, even though crime was rampant in NYC in the 80s; central park and its neighboring communities felt that it could not reach them and when it did they whom ever did it had to pay.
/Luc
Luc,
You are right. if this crime happend in other neighborhoods such as Bronxs and the victim is not white lady with good job, this case wouldn’t get so much attention.
Mari