Through the eyes of a 14-year-old with a love of basketball and the trumpet in 1989, Syracuse University had everything Kevin Richardson would ever want in a college: Big East idols like Dwayne"Pearl" Washington and Derrick Coleman, along with the spirited band that played at games.
Any dreams he had of attending would come to a sudden end that year, when he and four friends were convicted of a rape in Central Park they never committed. As one of the"Central Park Five," Richardson spent his high school and would-be college years in prison.He aims to change that this weekend when he accepts the university's invitation to visit and lend his name to a scholarship."My main goal is just to visit the campus.
The series introduced the saga of the Central Park Five to a new generation of justice-minded young people, many of whom weren't born when it was playing out, Richardson said. Details of the questionable police practices that led to the convictions of Richardson, Antron McCray, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana and Korey Wise, all black and Latino teenagers, in the rape of a white woman still resonate today, he said.
"While this dream could never be fulfilled due to circumstance, it is never too late to do the right thing," Nash wrote.
I am 67 been to numerous College Campuses, wasted tons if money on 2 kids, made more than either one of them and only finished high school, wasn't impressed.
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This is fantastic. Thank you SyracuseU. Wonderful gesture!
This is the least to do for this wronged man.
This story of the Central Park 5 is unbelievable. And it happens all the time! My heart goes out to them! ❤️❤️
😪😪😪😪😪Congratulations
Get it right it's the ExoneratedFive At this junture, you should know better ABC! ava WhenTheySeeUs
LOVE HIM! Thanks for everything you do!