Vanderbilt Television News Archive

Special News Broadcast recorded from ABC Evening News for Tuesday, May 16, 1989


Title: Nightline

Abstract:

Live discussion re: youth violence in New York City with Ted Koppel (ABC), Aswad Jones, Adasha Gittens, Cares Hotline Director Rafael Flores, New York City Mayor Edward Koch, "New York Daily News" columnist Bob Herbert, Brooklyn District Attorney Elizabeth Holtzman, and Center for Social Research sociologist Terry Williams; taped segments with Jeff Greenfield (ABC), New York Police Department Chief of Detectives Robert Colangelo, alleged assailant's grandmother Laura Brisco, Assistant District Attorney Elizabeth Lederer, Manhattan Borough President David Dinkins, Koch, National Coalition for 100 Black Women President Jewel McCabe, The Rheedlan Foundation Geoff Canada, Operation Prison Gap Ray Simmons, Rev. Calvin Butts, and New York State Division for Youth Director Leonard Dunston.

Begin Time:11:32:00 pm
End Time:12:45:00 am
TVN Record Number:646438
Copyright:Abstract and Metadata (c) 1989-2009 Vanderbilt University
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