The Central Park 5 documentary by Ken Burns

The Doc. on the 5 teens wrongly prosecuted and sentenced to hard time for a crime they didn't commit is the MOST PAINFUL & IMPORTANT film reflecting flaws in our judicial system and systemic racial prejudice. Obama, as Commander in Chief of the United States Armed Forces, what are you going to do for these men?  In April '89 a white, female was found brutally beatend, sexually assaulted and left for dead in NYC's Central Park.  Under Mayor Koch, the city was in dire financial straits, crime at an all time high and the racial tension readty to combust.  Five innocent young men:  Anton McCray, Kevin Richardson, Raymond Santana, Kharey Wise & Yusef Salaam (14-16 years of age) were arrested and coerced into false confessions.  Mayor Koch used to ask "How I'm doing."  A grave injustice has been done to these boys and their families.  Koch declared this case was going to show how the justice system works.  Tragically, it made a mockery of our judicial that reverberates today.  The guilty parties include the detectives who tortured these boys & the 2 lead prosectors, who sought quick convictions not justice despite the dire collateral fall-out.  You watch these frightened young boys who submit to their "captors" demands and you wince in agony.  This case calls to mind the Scottsboro boys.  Nine innocent black teenagers were falsely accused & convicted of raping a white woman in AL in 1931.  The Central Park 5 were all wrongly imprisioned for 7-13 years.  Anton McCray said when the guilty verdict came in, "They immediately handcuffed me. I was completely alone.  The gates closed on my cell and I knew my life was over."  Matias Reyes, the quilty perpetrator, while in prison  encountered Wise and admitted his sole responsibility out of feelings of remorse.  The case was reopened and DNA (available at the time) linked Reyes.  No other evidence was used to convict the 5 (there was none) other than their coerced confessions they all recanted, declaring their innocence and refusing to take any plea deals.  I remember the case & their convictions but did not recall their exonerations.  Hopefully, there's much to be learned from this travesty.  Richardson, Santana & McCray have filed a civil suit for "malicious prosecution, racial discrimination & emotional distress."  The city is refusing to settle.  Gov. Cuomo (your father was Gov. at the time), Mayor Blumberg, Pres. Obama do the right thing by these men.  We owe them so much that can never be compensated. We owe them to never forget and demand our govt. officials expediate a just settlement to their suits.