that included yusef salaam, korey wise and antron mccray. 20th, we had all five in custody. >> i'm looking for my son. >> yeah, where was he? >> he's been in the precinct since they took him from when he went to the store. >> i was out here with a whole bunch of other reporters and cameras, and we were waiting and waiting and waiting for information. because in those early hours, there was an investigation going on behind closed doors. there was intense pressure to solve the case. this was the crime that had to be solved. >> over the course of the next couple of days, there are these interrogations at length. >> here we are at the 20th precinct on the upper west side of manhattan where police are still questioning some of the young suspects they believe were involved in last night's attack. >> those who are 14 and 15 are supposed to have a parent or guardian present. and largely they do, but even the parents i think are pretty naive about what's going on. >> they were telling us that kevin is gonna come home with us. that he's a good boy. th

. >> reporter: those five, kevin richardson, antron mccray, yusef salaam, raymond santana and korey wisemenon where kids of color go berserk and try to harm people. >> it's all over the newspapers every day, every newscast. >> wilding. >> wilding. >> wilding, by any name it means terror. >> that fear of the sexual violation of white women at the hands of black men is a fear that goes all the way back to the days of slavery in this country. >> reporter: amidst those fears and racial tensions, the teens went on trial with video confessions they made to police, though no dna evidence linked them to the victim. >> they came from strong supportive families. what they were not involved in were criminal activities. >> there was this rising tide of these boys becoming the symbols of all that was wrong in new york. this is why we need to come down on these young teenagers, these thugs. >> and the press who rely on the police for their information about crimes or largely rely on the police felt that the case was solved. >> reporter: one of the voices in the growing chorus, donald trump, then a swa

mccray as we said. you're the father of antron.ry is he's the person who tells him to confess to something he did not do. >> yes. >> that had to be incredibly gut-wrenching as an actor to play. >> yes. it was gut-wrenching as an actor but more so as a parent. you know, i just don't -- i don't understand -- well, it's easy to sit back and say i don't understand how he could cothat. however, the circumstances, the lack of information ow hoff the system works or what was league, what was not accurate, that mixed with the fear of they instilled in him with, you know, the threats. >> the police threatened the father basically to expose his job and the father was terrified and told the son to confess. >> absolutely. >> they put him in a horrible position. >> horrible. it was -- you know, i was the ignorance. he actually believed when they told him that, if you get your son to just, you know, go along with the story, you all get to go home. >> yeah. >> this is something, you were in new york at the time when this actually happened. this i