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Crime in New York City

Season 1 Episode 1 | 8m 53s

The Central Park Five describe their lives before April 20, 1989. New Yorkers talk about a city divided between the very rich and the very poor. In 1984 crack cocaine comes to the city and the crime rate soars.

Extras
En 1989, cinco adolescentes de Harlem son condenados injustamente por un crimen brutal.
Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and Dave McMahon discuss their film, Central Park Five
Film making has become a family business for Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and Dave McMahon.
The Central Park Five did not take a plea bargain.
Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and David McMahon discuss the term, 'wilding.'
In Sept. 2012 the City of New York subpoenaed all the materials from the film.
Kevin Richardson and Raymond Santana discuss the manipulation of their interrogation.
Natalie Byfield discusses the horror of the death penalty.
The media response to the Central Park Jogger case was swift and prejudiced.
Even with the absence of any evidence, the five teenagers were detained.