There’s less than a minute of actual footage of Donald Trump in “When They See Us,” Ava DuVernay’s new Netflix miniseries about the 1989 Central Park jogger case, and yet his presence, strangely, hangs like a dark cloud over the entire four-part series. “BRING BACK THE DEATH PENALTY, BRING BACK OUR POLICE!” the ad reads, weirdly reminiscent of Trump’s current style of tweeting. Delores looks on in quiet horror ― he’s talking about her baby, just 16, locked up at Rikers Island as he awaits trial. And we see it when the characters of young black men like Trayvon Martin, Mike Brown and Stephon Clark are questioned by the media in connection to their shooting deaths. And the actual truth of the matter is that, just like the Trump presidency, it comes as no surprise ― especially to black and brown folk.

Source: Huffington Post May 31, 2019 21:10 UTC