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42 Photos! (Broadband connection desirable) Electronic Telegraph, June 14, 2000: "Reeking of alcohol and marijuana, 15 to 25 men surged through the busy south-east corner of the park just after 6pm on Sunday, spraying their victims with water and beer, tearing off their clothes and sexually abusing them." NY Daily News, June 16: "'Get 'em! Get 'em! Surround them!' Manuel Vargas was heard saying on one of the videotapes that showed the suspects sexually assaulting women in the park after Sunday's National Puerto Rican Day Parade, a police source said." Amateur video of one of the attacks ABC News video: Victim speaks out NY Post, June 19: "Fifty women have come forward so far to say they were victims of the half-hour of madness in and around the park. Police have distributed pictures of 37 suspects taken from the videotape, and 18 men have been charged so far." NY Times, June 20: "Four more women reported yesterday that they were sexually abused, Lieutenant Cirillo said, making a total of 53 women who have now reported that they were groped, stripped or otherwise abused. Fourteen of the women were also victims of robberies or attempted robberies, the lieutenant said." "The races of the victims and of the perpetrators
of the crimes have so far been left out of mainstream media reporting." -- http://racerelations.about.com William Tucker in National Review: ". . . once again, the New York Times and liberals in general are bending over backwards to avoid the simple observation that the young men who harassed and assaulted women in Central Park were all blacks and Hispanics. Moreover, if you took a count of all the incidents in the past year when women and girls have been assaulted by gangs in public places (swimming pools have become a favorite — it's called "whirling"), you would again find that, almost without exception, black and Hispanic young men are the perpetrators." NY Post: "Roberto Camacho is slightly built, only 16 and the brother of a city cop. . . . "[Officials] said Camacho took part in more than 15 of the 30 horrifying attacks, more than any other person. "And when others tried to stop him, they say he shrugged them off by scowling, "F- that, they bitches anyway." "The officials said Camacho tore the tops off several women and pulled off the underwear of another. "They also said he put his water bottle up the skirt of one terrified woman and squirted her crotch with water, then shoved the same bottle up the rectum of another." NY Post, June 20: "A Manhattan grand jury is expected to indict several of the suspected Central Park marauders as early as today, The Post has learned. "The first targets are likely to be Tremayne Bain and David Rowe - who are accused of attacking and sexually abusing a visiting young Englishwoman - and Steven Burt, a New Jersey parolee. . . . "A 19th suspect, Dellon Evans, 17, [an immigrant from Guyana - NY Times] of Rosedale, Queens, surrendered to detectives yesterday and was charged with sexual abuse and robbery." NY Daily News, June 18: "Jason Commissiong, 20, of E. 89th St. in Brooklyn, surrendered to police yesterday morning, leaving the total number of men under arrest in the case at 16. "Commissiong was arraigned yesterday in Manhattan Supreme Court along with six other men: Julio de la Cruz, 22, of North Bergen, N.J.; Isaiah Forbes, 18, of Queens; Marc Daniels, 21, of Irvington, N.J.; Leslie Marcano, 19, of the Bronx; Jensen Soto, 16, of Brooklyn, and Trevor Britton, 29, of Brooklyn. They face sex abuse and rioting charges and were held in lieu of bail ranging from $15,000 to $45,000. "Another suspect, David Garcia, 33, of the Bronx still was awaiting arraignment last night." NY Daily News, June 17: "[Assistant Manhattan District Attorney Leemie] Kahng said Vargas was identified by four victims and repeatedly seen in videotapes of the incidents "touching and grabbing" various women. She said he was trying to raise money to flee to the Dominican Republic before he turned himself in. "Suspects Emanuel Nunez, 18, of the Bronx and Roberto Camacho, 16, of Inwood, L.I., were held on $50,000 bail each. "Nunez, who cut his hair and dyed it blond in an apparent attempt at a disguise, was accused of touching a woman's buttocks under her shorts. "Kahng said Camacho boasted to teachers and students at his BOCES Nassau Development School that he personally doused females, tore off their tops, pulled down the pants of one and ripped off her underwear. ". . . Also arraigned were Isaias Lozano, 19, of Queens, and Steven Burt, 32, of Jersey City." NY Times, June 21: " Late Monday night, Alexander Eraide, 23, of 123-48 135th Street in Queens, surrendered at the 13th Precinct station house in Manhattan and was charged with sexual abuse and rioting, the police said, after callers identified him from a photograph. The police said that Mr. Eraide, along with four men who have not yet been identified, touched a woman on the buttocks. "And a 15-year-old boy, whose name and address have been withheld, surrendered with his lawyer and was charged with sexual abuse and rioting." A veteran NYC police officer quoted in the New York Post, June 15: "We were told not to do anything ... They don't want photos of altercations with minorities," he said. "It's very frustrating when we're told to have our blinders on." A veteran NYC police officer quoted in the NY Times, June 19: "There's a standing order -- don't take action in a demonstration situation unless directed by a supervisor, except in an emergency." NY Daily News, June 15: "Some of the videotapes show police chatting by the park's edge while the attacks were going on nearby. . . . Lawrence said that when she told a police officer she had been sexually assaulted, the cop replied, "Well, I'm directing traffic." Continuing coverage on About.com New York Police Department mugshots (No mention of Central Park attacks and no photos of suspects on the police website) |
