https:\/\/twitter.com\/ava\/status\/1175955825312952320<\/p>\n
NEW YORK \u2014\u00a0The searing TV series on the plight of the Central Park Five created a memorable Emmy moment Sunday when the five exonerated men stood and were honoured at the awards show.<\/p>\n
The four-part Netflix series explores the true story of five black and Latino teenagers from Harlem who were coerced into confessing to a rape they didn’t commit in 1989 and follows them over the course of 25 years to their eventual exoneration.<\/p>\n
Show creator Ava DuVernay lost in the directing and writing categories but Jharrel Jerome won for best lead actor in a limited series.<\/p>\n
“I feel like I should just be in the Bronx right now, just chilling, waiting for my mom’s cooking. But I am here in front of my inspirations,”\u00a0said Jerome, a New Yorker whose mother told him about this ugly chapter in city history.<\/p>\n
He then acknowledged the Central Park Five \u2014\u00a0Yusef Salaam, Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Raymond Santana, and Korey Wise \u2014\u00a0who had been invited.<\/p>\n
“This is for Raymond, Yusef, Antron, Kevin, and King Korey Wise. Thank you so much, it’s an honour. It’s a blessing,”\u00a0said Jerome.<\/p>\n
Some of the men raised fists in the air, while others, including Wise, had tears in their eyes. Jerome played Wise in the series.<\/p>\n
The case of the Central Park Five cut the city along racial lines from the outset, with the victim being a young white woman. It drew worldwide attention.<\/p>\n
It took years for the five to be exonerated, and they spent most of their youth in prison. Another man later confessed to the attack.<\/p>\n
The series has had real-life consequences for former “Central Park Five”\u00a0prosecutor Linda Fairstein. Fallout from the Netflix show has led to her being dropped by her book publisher, Dutton. Fairstein also resigned as a Board of Trustees member at Vassar College and from the victims-services agency, Safe Horizon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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