President Trump responded to a question about the Central Park Five during his appearance before reporters, once again declining to apologize for his actions following the incident
When asked by a reporter if he would apologize for his actions surrounding the case -- he took out full-page newspaper ads calling for the death penalty that read:"Bring Back The Death Penalty. Bring Back Our Police!" -- Trump instead asked why the topic was relevant."Why do you bring that question up now? It's an interesting time to bring it up. You have people on both sides of that. They admitted their guilt," he said.
In an interview with Larry King in 1989 unearthed from CNN's archives, Trump laid out his position, telling King,"Maybe hate is what we need if we're gonna get something done." In the 1989 interview with King, Trump defended the ads. "I don't see anything inciteful, I am strongly in favor of the death penalty," Trump told King.
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