These guys are money, as many of you know. We are so fortunate and privileged to be associated with them. Tonight, we welcome our two guests. Westra,lls, and kayla of the Minnesota West Community and technical college, the coauthors of great wartime escapes and rescues. Ill start by saying they had me in grade school. I was a fourthgrader when hollywood released the great escape, starring Steve Mcqueen and james garner, richard. And borough, and charles bronson, among others. It quickly became a tv staple all of the guys in my class fell in martinsburg, missouri fell in love with it. We played it out in recess. All of us wanted to be mcqueen. I think i ended up with the attenborough role. Get executed at the end of the movie. Of course, mcqueen survives. What we didnt realize then and what we probably didnt care about was that the movie was based on a true story, the escape of 76 allied soldiers and in 1944. From germany the film pretty much gave us the reallife tragic ending to that s
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Hung us frfrom the trees in central papark. Ththat wouldve been the tytypf mob justice they werere seeking. Amy in 1989, yusef salaam and four other africanamerican anad latino teenagers were arrested for beating and raping a white woman jogger in new york citys central park. They became know as the central park five. Donald trump took out fullpage ads in four new york newspapers calling for their execution. Then in 2002, their convictions were vacated after the real rapist came forward, confessed to the crime, his dna matched. The central park five served between seven and 13 years in jail each for the assault. New york city ultimately settled with them for 41 million. But as late as last week, donald trump still claimed they were guilty. We will speak with yusef salaam, one of the central park five. He recently wrwrote in the Washington Post, donald trump wont leave me alone. Policies that come allies the personal use of drugs. Every 25 seconds, someone is arrested in the united eigh
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