Talk:Korey Wise

Transgender sibling

Im bad at editing. Just watched "When they see us" on netflix and tried to learn more about "Norman Wise" Korey's transgender brother.. found this link >> https://www.dreshare.com/marci-wise/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sexfordummys (talk • contribs) 01:26, 5 January 2020 (UTC)

Disabilities

(note: I included this information in a previous edit of the page, but a user who has been WP:HOUNDING me deleted it as part of a bulk reversion of my edits; in his personal opinion, director Ken Burns is unqualified to comment on the intellectually disability of someone with whom he worked for months. So I brought it up here, as he told me to, in the hopes of sussing out the thoughts of others who've worked on this page. The same editor deleted it again, this time from the talk page, apparently claiming that in his opinion it was poorly sourced or defamatory – which of course, it wasn't. This is why I'm adding the sources, which I'd done to the original page edit he reverted. Oddly, this editor apparently has no similar problem with the actually poorly sourced, potentially defamatory, and unsigned "Transgender sibling" section above.)

Korey Wise has been widely reported to have both physical and mental challenges that may have contributed to his situation. He is known to be severely learning disabled; his lawyer stated that he has an IQ of 62 (verbal) and he has "the mental age of a 12-year-old" according to documentarian Ken Burns, who directed a film in which he starred.. According to a best-selling book by author Sarah Burns:

"Korey Wise, whose sentence was five years longer than those of his co-defendants and who served his entire term in maximum-security facilities, despite being the least intellectually and emotionally developed of the group, has also had the most difficult time getting his life together. Though he completed a high school equivalency program and started taking some college courses while in prison, his learning disabilities and hearing problems remain unaddressed. He speaks loudly and with an impediment that calls to mind the speech patterns of a deaf person; he still leans in when someone is speaking to him, trying to better understand what they are saying. His speech is jumbled and he often repeats words, struggling to express ideas more complex than his communication skills allow. He is considered permanently disabled and lives on Social Security disability benefits."

His physical and intellectual disabilities may have contributed to his having made a confession he subsequently recanted, as according to Newsweek they made it "easier for him to be pressured, coerced and manipulated." Wise's disabilities seem to me to be an important part of his biography, especially given that they may have had bearing on his legal troubles. Thanks! Elle Kpyros (talk) 23:06, 1 March 2020 (UTC)

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