Yusef Salaam of the Central Park 5 is heading to the City Council
He has gone from prison to exoneration and now to elected office.
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He has gone from prison to exoneration and now to elected office.
Salaam was one of the five young men wrongfully imprisoned for the 1989 assault and rape of a woman in Central Park.
Yusef Salaam was one of five defendants found guilty in the 1989 Central Park rape case that had the likes of Donald Trump calling for the death penalty. Years after being exonerated for the heinous crime, Salaam will likely become the next councilman for a New York City neighborhood
Yusef Salaam, the exonerated "Central Park Five" defendant, touts himself as an activist and family man.
Falsely imprisoned as one of the “Central Park Five,” Yusef Salaam will likely become Harlem’s next city council member. His top antagonist, Donald Trump, is likely heading to prison.