President Trump Refuses to Apologize for His Central Park Five Ad: 'They Admitted Their Guilt'

https://time.com/5609622/trump-central-park-five-apology/

President Donald Trump has once again refused to apologize for demonizing the Central Park Five.

On Tuesday outside the White House, Trump stopped to answer questions from reporters on his way to his campaign launch rally in Florida. There, reporter April Ryan asked him if he would apologize for an full-page ad he took out in 1989, in which he castigated the five teenagers arrested in the case and called for the return of the death penalty.

In 1990, five black and hispanic teenagers were convicted of raping and beating a white woman in Central Park. Their convictions were vacated in 2002 after another man came forward and admitted to the rape. His DNA matched with evidence that police had collected. Each of the five convicted men received a settlement from New York City of roughly $1 million per year spent in prison.

https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/a27586174/when-they-see-us-central-park-5-donald-trump/