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Argumentative Essay On 38 Witnesses
On March 13, 1964, many people knew seen or heard about the report on ‘38 witnesses’ by The New York Times, published in 1964. Though, that’s not entirely the true story on what happened that night.
A young woman named Catherine Susan Genovese, was on her way to her apartment, going down Kew Gardens Long Island Rail Road parking lot. She had gotten attacked by a man named Winston Moseley, Though, it was true they had gotten injured 3 times, but the truth is, or what people believe is the truth, is that most people believe that there were more than 38 witnesses, or, their were actually less than that. But, as the report went, nobody had called to say someone had been injured., though multiple people who were there on the crime scene, reported,
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