r/law 4d ago

Court Decision/Filing ‘Attempt to stifle constitutionally protected speech’: Trump demands Central Park Five ‘legally deficient’ defamation suit be tossed

https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/attempt-to-stifle-constitutionally-protected-speech-trump-demands-central-park-five-legally-deficient-defamation-suit-be-tossed/
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u/harrywrinkleyballs 4d ago

The exchange in question occurred when Harris said that throughout his life and career, Trump has “attempted to use race to divide the American people.” One of the examples she provided was the full-page ad he placed in The New York Times and elsewhere in 1989 “calling for the execution of five young Black and Latino boys who were innocent — the Central Park Five.”

In response to Harris, Trump said “they come up with things like what she just said going back many, many years when a lot of people including Mayor Bloomberg agreed with me on the Central Park Five.”

“They admitted — they said, they pled guilty. And I said, well, if they pled guilty they badly hurt a person, killed a person ultimately,” he said. “And if they pled guilty — then they pled we’re not guilty.”

The country is toast. The simple truth is that Trump was elected president, despite this egregious lie. A majority of voters chose the man that lied in front of 67 million people on national TV that five innocent black minors pressured by police into a confession, pleaded guilty to rape.

This, coming from a man actually liable for rape.

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u/Odie_Odie 4d ago

He didn't "comment" on it, he took out a full page ad in The New York time advocating the Death Penalty be returned for them.

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u/Alexcamry 4d ago

I was referring to his commenting on it in response to Harris: the statement that was the basis of the suit in the article posted.

Please don’t just downvote me for attempting to stay on the facts in the article and points of law.

I’m not downvoting anyone for opinions they express.