When they hear us: the pushback of linda fairstein against “when they see us”

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Linda Fairstein, the woman who oversaw the prosecution of Yusef Salaam, Antron McCray, Raymond Santana, Kevin Richardson, and Korey Wise, famously known as the Central Park Five, is facing a media storm of backlash for her mishandling of the case thirty years ago. She’s really upset about it. Cue the violin.