The same night, a 28-year-old white woman, Trisha Meili, had been out jogging in the park. She was found beaten and raped and was in a coma for 12 days - and in that time, the case of the Central ...

The brutal beating and rape of a white woman in New York City's Central Park provoked public outrage and sensational headlines during the prosecution and conviction of the five defendants.

A white woman who called police on a black man bird watching in New York's Central Park made a second call accusing him of attempted assault, prosecutors say. Amy Cooper appeared in court on ...