Savage PortrayalsIn 1989, the rape and beating of a white female jogger in Central Park made international headlines. Many accounts reported the incident as an example of wildingepisodes of poor, minority youths roaming the streets looking for trouble. Police intent on immediate justice for the victim coerced five African American and Latino boys to plead guilty. The teenage boys were quickly convicted and imprisoned. Natalie Byfield, who covered the case for the New