Puerto Rican Day Parade
The Puerto Rican Day Parade has been held annually in the United States on Fifth Avenue in the Manhattan neighborhood of New York City , New York , since 1959 . The parade is held on the second Sunday of June in honor of the nearly four million Puerto Rican citizens and all of Puerto Rican descent living on the US mainland.
Assaults during the Puerto Rican Day Parade 2000
In the USA in 2000, at the Puerto Rican Day Parade in New York, systematic attacks on women and couples were reported who were massively harassed and robbed in an area of the major event outside of Central Park , which received little attention from the police. were raped in two cases. About two dozen juvenile offenders used a comparatively systematic approach: They selected victims according to their appearance, surrounded them, splashed them with water, tore off their clothes and molested them. The police tactics such as the lack of intervention by some officials and many spectators was massively criticized as a result. Many of the attacks were videotaped and received worldwide attention. The New York City Police Department was heavily criticized for its handling of the attacks. Over fifty women reported being harassed or attacked.
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- ↑ a b David Barstow, CJ Chivers: A Volatile Mixture Exploded Into Rampage in Central Park . In: The New York Times . June 17, 2000, ISSN 0362-4331 ( online [accessed January 12, 2016]).
- ^ Katherine E. Finkelstein: 5 Men Are Indicted in Attacks On Women in Central Park . In: The New York Times . June 21, 2000, ISSN 0362-4331 ( online [accessed January 12, 2016]).