Recently, many British and American dramas adapted from real events have been screened.
Previously there was "Chernobyl" reflecting on the shadow of the nuclear accident , and later there was "Blood Plague" showing the Ebola disaster .
In particular, the former has created the highest score record for TV series ever made by IMDb with its super high score of 9.6.
And recently, Netflix , a major dramatist, has also launched a miniseries adapted from real historical events.
It aligns the angle of view--
A notorious case in the history of American justice, which reflects on the most sensitive issue of racial discrimination in American society.
Not long after it was launched, the score has been as high as 8.8 points.
After reading it, it makes people angry and desperate-
"Colored Glasses"
When They See Us
The play was written and directed by the famous black female director Ava Djolie .
She was nominated for the Golden Globe Award in the 2015 film "Selma" and was the first black female director to be nominated in history.
Because of her black status, Ava Dejo is keen to list in her films——
Discuss racial issues and the topic of equal rights for blacks.
This "tinted glasses" is adapted from an unjust case caused by racial discrimination.
Five black teenagers were wrongly convicted of rape, and they were sentenced to prison sentences ranging from 5 to 15 years.
This case caused a sensation in American society that year, and the case spanned 25 years, making it one of the largest unjust, false and wrongful cases in American history.
Netflix adapted it into this 4-episode miniseries and invited many powerful movie stars to restore this unjust case.
The starring lineup includes Vera Farmiga , the heroine of the " Call for Souls " series , and Famike Janssen , the "Phoenix Girl" in the old version of "X-Men" .
Golden Globe actress Felicity Huffman , black and competent actor Michael Kenneth Williams and other big names.
Just watching these celebrities and queens go crazy, it's very worth watching.
Rape in Central Park, New York
April 19, 1989, Central Park in New York, USA.
A white female was attacked by a mob during a night run in the park. After she was unconscious, she was dragged into the grass and sexually assaulted.
When the police found her, she was naked and had multiple wounds on her body. She was in a coma due to heavy bleeding.
After being sent to the hospital for emergency treatment, even the doctors believed that it was a "miracle" that she could survive.
Fortunately, after being in a coma for 12 days, the girl finally woke up.
But unfortunately--
Because of the serious brain injury, she has almost no memory of the case that day.
Through investigation, the police confirmed the identity of the victim.
Her name is Tisha Merri , and she is a 28-year-old banker on Wall Street.
Young Kochi, graduated from a prestigious school, and a well-known financial talent, can be said to be a typical successful person.
Such a not-so-simple identity background caused a wide range of social concerns after the case was exposed by the media.
In addition, the public security environment in New York in the late 1980s was relatively severe, racial problems intensified, and various crimes occurred frequently.
According to one statistics:
As many as 3,254 rape cases occurred in New York City this year.
The exposure of the "Central Park Rape Case" has caused an uproar in the public opinion from all walks of life and made the people particularly angry.
Under this pressure, the officers of the New York Police Department in charge of handling the case tried to solve the case as soon as possible to quell the storm of public opinion.
While investigating the case, the police noticed a group of black teenagers playing in the park that night.
These black people are basically teenage teenagers from Harlem near the park, where they will party and play at night.
For historical reasons, Harlem is a famous crime breeding ground in New York——
This has also become one of the important basis for the police to decide the case.
Unexpectedly, this resulted in a notorious unjust, false and wrongful case.
Gang of Five in Central Park
Shortly before the incident that night, a police officer ran into a fight involving a black teenager on the other side of the park.
After the incident, the police immediately linked these black punks with the rape case.
Linda , the female police officer in charge of the investigation , is an out-and-out racist.
As soon as she heard, these black teenagers went wild near the crime scene.
Immediately concluded--
All the young black men who appeared in the park that night were suspected.
As a result, the police immediately began a search.
No matter what reason the other party has to be in the park that night, or just passing by, he must be brought back to the police station for questioning.
When encountering a teenager who wanted to escape, the police fainted on the spot without saying a word.
The most absurd thing is that there was a black young man who was not on the police interrogation list at first, but he was still taken back to the police station by the police as a suspect.
Just because the police happened to catch up when they went to find his friend.
It can be seen that-
The police in charge of the case didn't care if they caught the wrong person. Anyway, the black must be guilty!
The process of the interrogation was also unbelievable, without evidence, relying entirely on threats and intimidation.
In the end, the police targeted five teenagers, four of whom were black and one Latino.
They are all in their teens, and the eldest is just 16 years old.
The media reported the case extensively and called these five "extremely evil" teenagers——
"The Gang of Five in Central Park ."
Several teenagers have ever experienced such a scene. They didn't know what happened, so they were labeled as rapists by the police.
During the dozens of hours in police detention, the police continued to intimidate, threaten, and beat the five teenagers who were on the verge of collapse.
Although they refused to admit it at first, the police used inductive language without evidence.
Guide these young people who have not yet mature knowledge of society to cooperate with them and fabricate the facts of participating in crimes.
Even found the child's parent.
Use the work threats of parents with previous convictions to let them force their children to confess guilt.
In the end, some people couldn't stand it, and they were forced to record a video of their confession.
But although the other party pleaded guilty, the case still lacks evidence.
The semen remaining on the victim's socks could not match the five people.
The time for the crime was not right, and several black teenagers were still on the other side of the park shortly before the crime.
This means that it is impossible for them to rush to the crime scene on the other side of the park to commit a crime within a few minutes.
Obviously there are so many loopholes, but the New York police still chose to prosecute them.
If you want to add a crime, there is no reason to worry.
In order to get the support of the jury in court, the female police officer Linda deliberately took out the photos of the victims to play the emotional card.
In the end, under the influence of the jury, the court even sentenced them based on the "confession video."
The adult Kerry Wise was sent to prison, and the other four minors were sent to the juvenile prison.
The sentence ranges from 5 to 15 years.
Since then, their lives began to bear stains that are difficult to wash away.
In their eyes
Although the case was solved, this incident triggered strong racial confrontation in American society.
Because the victim is a white female, a wealthy class.
The suspect is black at the bottom of society, so the direction of public opinion has been wearing colored glasses from the beginning.
White groups in New York took to the streets angrily to protest, condemning the heinous crimes committed by the blacks, and demanding heavy sentences from the government.
And Trump, who had not yet become president at the time, also contributed to this incident.
He even invested 85,000 U.S. dollars to buy a full-page advertisement in four New York newspapers and called for the authorities to restore the death penalty.
A discerning person knows at a glance--
This is not a sincere voice for the case at all.
Instead, they used the influence of public opinion in this case to fish in troubled waters and take the opportunity to speculate.
But behind this prejudice and discrimination are five innocent people who have been wronged for 25 years.
After the five teenagers experienced the disaster of prison, all of them have become middle-aged after being released from prison.
But the harm that this crime should have done to them did not end with their release from prison.
They have also tried to reintegrate into society, but they have always been discriminated against by people wearing colored glasses.
No one wants to find a job, and he will be reminded of a rapist wherever he goes.
It is almost impossible to start life again.
The worst was the oldest Kerry Wise, who was sentenced to the longest sentence.
In prison, he was severely beaten by prisoners, was given up by his mother, and was rehabilitated by the prison after being transferred to prison. He lived in a nightmare every day.
If it were not for the real murderer to voluntarily surrender at last, I am afraid that they will have to bear the charge of a rapist in their entire lives.
It was not until 2002 that the real murderer took the initiative to plead guilty to the police.
At this time, it has been 13 years since the case passed.
Afterwards, the police dropped the charges against Kerry Wise and others and reversed the case for them.
The irony is:
Linda, the female police officer in charge of handling the case, still refused to confess her mistake.
She even insisted:
I believe they did it, and they admitted it themselves, as evidenced by the video.
At the end of the series, five people took the New York government, the New York Police Department, the New York District Attorney's Office and other relevant departments to court.
The lawsuit lasted for another 11 years, and finally reached a settlement agreement with New York City in 2014. The New York City government closed the case with US$41 million in compensation.
The US$4,100 compensation is also the highest compensation amount in the history of New York State.
Although the case lasted for 25 years, the amount of compensation was large enough.
But the tremendous humiliation and injury suffered so many years, the lost youth, can there be money to make up for it?
There is no doubt that it is irreparable.
Although this drama has only four short episodes and a single episode of only fifty minutes in length, it has done a fairly realistic and panoramic restoration of this 25-year-old case.
The director is very sophisticated in handling the rhythm of the story.
Editing and photography are excellent.
Coupled with the hard performance of the actors, the whole drama does not feel boring at all, but the plot climax is repeated and full of tension.
In short, it is very good!
On the surface, the play uses the issue of racial discrimination as the starting point, but it actually wants to show reflections and doubts about the American social justice system.
And the most thought-provoking place is--
Although 30 years have passed since the case in the drama, this kind of discrimination problem is still common.
The fair-skinned discriminates against the dark-skinned, urban people discriminate against rural people, locals discriminate against outsiders, and healthy hands and feet discriminate against the disabled...
You must have experienced similar discrimination and prejudice.
When we look at others with colored glasses, we are undoubtedly exposing our own ignorance and narrow-mindedness.
So please remember--
All people are created equal, please take off your colored glasses and discard prejudice and discrimination.
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