Yusef Salaam

Central Park 5 Exoneree Says NYPD Stopped Him Without Reason

After being stopped, Yusef Salaam said police let him on his way when he identified himself as a member of New York's City Council.
By MAYSOON KHAN, AP

Exonerated ‘Central Park Five’ Member Yusef Salaam Wins New York City Council Seat

Salaam’s win comes more than two decades after he and four other Black and Latino men were exonerated in the 1989 rape and beating of a white Central Park jogger.
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE, AP

Exonerated Member Of 'Central Park Five' Wins Primary, Nearly Assuring Seat On NYC Council

A member of the “Central Park Five” is a step closer to winning a seat on the New York City Council.
By Bobby Caina Calvan, AP

Member Of 'Central Park Five' Now Running For New York City Council

Political candidate Yusef Salaam was one of five teenagers wrongly convicted of raping a white jogger in a brutal attack 34 years ago.
By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN, AP

Exonerated Central Park 5 Member Bashes GOP Refrains In Wake Of Trump Indictment

"The truth of the matter is we are not living in the same reality," said Yusef Salaam of Republicans' remarks on the indictment.
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Yusef Salaam Of The Exonerated Five: Pay Attention To 2020 Candidates’ ‘Track Record’

“In Black and brown communities, we’ve always seen ... people promise us the world, then take office and give us nothing,” said Salaam, who was wrongfully imprisoned in the 1989 Central Park jogger case.
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