But, by the 1980s, this place that was meant to barrier. Night would fall, and it would change. It would become a place where youd be nervous about going. Where in 1989, you must remember that the city was in a real divisive, polarized condition. This is a sort of caldron in which the central park jogger narrative emerged. Raping a young woman out on a ee jog that came at the intersection of race, class and politics in america. That wednesday night, it was easter vacation. Kids would hang out a little later. There was no school till monday. You go from hanging out with friends, thinking that youre going to go skateboarding in the park or walk around late to mayhem. We got a call of 30 to 40 males inside central park harassing people. We started to get a lot of radio runs of a group of black and hispanic teenagers, assaulting and harassing people. I would run to the park, just byhe w tng was very chaotic. We were lot of 911 calls. Theyre chasing a large group over there, about 30 to 40
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his party remains in denial. you are saying you are not sure, as a republican party chair, that he was a legitimate in the 2020 election. as tornadoes landed chicago, flash floods rage through vermont, and the ocean of florida reaches record temperatures, business as usual for the maga conference. i believe that you are representing a far-left radical agenda. why do you think 195 countries in the world, their prime ministers, they re presidents because they re grifting like you are, sir. when all in starts, right now. this good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. we ve got some big breaking news tonight of special counsel jack smith s investigation into donald trump s attempt to overturn the election. jack smith s office is zeroing in exactly on donald trump s state of mind in the run up to and on january 6th. today the obvious, that is really significant. as trump s state of mind is one of the key maybe even the key element of a possible prosecution
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the committee may be flexing its oversight power to illuminate what happened on january 6th. but the d.o.j. is apparently investigating the president himself. key aides to mike pence and his lead counsel have already testified in front of a federal grand jury. pretty high up. they asked hours and hours of detailed questions about meetings that trump himself led, one that was described to the january 6th committee. remember this? mr. eastman came in. he said i m here to request that you reject the electorate. i said we would lose 9-0 in the supreme court, wouldn t we? he started, well, i think you would only lose 7-2 and after further discussion acknowledged, yeah, you re right, we would lose 9-0. 6-2, 6-1, half dozen of another. as for jacob s credibility, keep in mind his version of events was already shown in front of a federal judge and that judge s conclusions, it is, quote, more likely than not that president trump corruptly attempted to obstruct the joint session of