New York City honored the five men wrongfully convicted of a 1989 rape with a gate in Central Park inscribed "Gate of the Exonerated.”
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New York City is honoring the Central Park Five, a group of men who were wrongfully convicted as teenagers of the 1989 rape of a jogger, with the naming of a gate at the park.
The project was unanimously approved by the city's Public Design Commission on Monday and plans to inscribe "Gate of the Exonerated" in sandstone on a perimeter wall at the north end of Central Park. The approval follows three years of discussions among community members, according to Central Park Conservancy member John Reddick.
Each member of the so-called Central Park Five, who are Black and Latino, spent six to 13 years in prison before being exonerated in 2002 after evidence linked convicted serial rapist and murderer Matias Reyes to the attack. The incident left a 28-year-old white victim with permanent damage and memory loss from the assault.
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Trump and two of Ivanka’s friends, a Rabbi and a Hindu Sadhu, had car trouble in the countryside, before they asked to spend the night with a farmer. The farmer said, “There might be a problem; you see, I only have room for two to sleep, so one of you must sleep in the barn.” “No problem,” chimed the Rabbi, “My people wandered in the desert for forty years, I am humble enough to sleep in the barn for an evening.” With that he departed to the barn and the others bedded down for the night. Moments later a knock was heard at the door; the farmer opened the door. There, from the barn, stood the Rabbi. “What’s wrong?” asked the farmer. He replied, “I am grateful to you, but I can’t sleep in the barn. There is a pig in the barn, and my faith believes them to be unclean animals.” His Hindu friend agrees to swap places with him. But a few minutes later, the scene reoccurs, after another knock on the door. “What’s wrong, now?” the farmer asks. The Hindu holy man replies, “I too am grateful for your helping us out, but there is a cow in the barn and in my country, cows are considered sacred. I can’t sleep on holy ground!” Well, that leaves only Donald Trump to make the change. He grumbled and complained but went out to the barn. Moments later there was another knock on the farmer’s door. Frustrated and tired, the farmer opens the door, and there stood…. the pig and the cow.