Arrested and Contested
Five of the thirty teenagers located at the crime scene location would be brought into custody and would be found guilty and placed in jail for the crime. Kevin Richardson, age 15, and Raymond Santana, 14 were initially taken in by police, based on reports of muggings and intimidating behaviour. They were then followed by Antron McCray, age 15, Yusef Salaam, age 15, and Korey Wise, age 16. However, Wise was not a suspect and only wanted to offer his emotional support for Yusef Salaam. These boys would become known as the Central Park Five. However, what police didn’t know was that these teenagers were not responsible for the crime. The police’s focus later shifted from their initial report of disturbances to the crime inflicted on Meili.