In 1989, Yusef Salaam and four other African-American and Latino teenagers
were arrested for beating and raping a white woman in New York City’s Central
Park. They became known as the Central Park Five. Donald Trump took out
full-page ads in New York newspapers calling for their execution. Then, in 2002,
their convictions were vacated after the real rapist came forward and confessed
to the crime and his DNA matched. By then, the Central Park Five served between
seven and 13 years in jail for the assault. The city settled with them for $41
million. But as late as last week Donald Trump still claimed they were guilty.
We speak with Yusef Salaam, one of the Central Park Five, who writes in The
Washington Post that "Donald Trump won’t leave me alone."
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