Exonerated Central Park 5 Member Yusef Salaam Wins Primary
Jun 28, 2023 15:51:14 GMT -5
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Post by tnthomas on Jun 28, 2023 15:51:14 GMT -5
Yusef Salaam was one of five teenage boys of color, who were wrongly accused and convicted of beating and raping a woman in Central Park in the '80s. In response to the case, Donald Trump purchased full-page ads that ran in several New York City newspapers that read, "Bring Back The Death Penalty. Bring Back Our Police!"
I was 15 years old when I was run over by the spiked wheels of justice. And here I am now taking that same platform and turn it in into a purpose, trying to take my pain and doing something about it,” Salaam added.
Salaam’s win was not without a high price— according to his latest finance disclosure, Salaam’s campaign shelled out more than $230,000 on getting him elected — more than any other candidate in this year’s Council elections.”
Salaam heavily relied on his past while campaigning. His story is well known, having spent seven years in prison before being “exonerated in the infamous 1989 Central Park jogger rape case.”
In 2002, after someone came forward confessing to the crime, verdicts for the five accused were vacated, and in 2014, New York City settled a civil lawsuit with them for $41 million. After Salaam was released, he became “an advocate for the wrongfully convicted.
Salaam’s win was not without a high price— according to his latest finance disclosure, Salaam’s campaign shelled out more than $230,000 on getting him elected — more than any other candidate in this year’s Council elections.”
Salaam heavily relied on his past while campaigning. His story is well known, having spent seven years in prison before being “exonerated in the infamous 1989 Central Park jogger rape case.”
In 2002, after someone came forward confessing to the crime, verdicts for the five accused were vacated, and in 2014, New York City settled a civil lawsuit with them for $41 million. After Salaam was released, he became “an advocate for the wrongfully convicted.
