Support Justice for the Central Park 5

> Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2012 01:24:09 -0400 > To: info@justiceunity.org > From: info@justiceunity.org > Subject: Mon: Support Justice for the Central Park 5 > > If you've a longtime New Yorker, you likely remember the case of the > Central Park 5, 1 just fourteen, 3 fifteen, and one 16, who in 1989 > were accused of the rape of a female Wall Street banker. The boys > were Black and Latino; the woman, white. > > The younger boys -- Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Raymond Santana > and Yusef Salaam -- were sentenced to 5-10 years and each served 7. > Sixteen-year old Kharey Wise was sentenced to 5-15 years and had > served 13 when Matias Reyes confessed in 2002. > > Neither the police who questioned some of these children without > their parents nor the prosecutors who obtained convictions have been > held to account for the 41 cumulative stolen years or the > irreversible harm done by incarceration during their coming of age. > > Rather than lift the sexual offender label and offer some financial > recompense, the City of New York has spent the last 7 years fighting > the Five's efforts to get some measure of cure. > > These men go back to court on Monday, September 24 at 3:30 PM. Please > stand with them. They are our sons, brothers, fathers, neighbors, > friends.They are you. Tell the city to, finally, do the right thing. > > Monday 9/24/12; NEW TIME 3:30 PM > Federal Court House > 500 Pearl Street - Room 18 D > Magistrate Judge Ellis > > Travel: 4/5/6 to Brooklyn Bridge/City Hall; "J" to Chambers Street > http://tripplanner.mta.info/MyTrip/ui_web/serviceinthearea/results.aspx > > Come prepared for the usual scan and security check. Be early. > > In solidarity, > WBAI Justice & Unity Campaign __._,_.___