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☆ A woman is trying to free her fiancé from prison after 49 years behind bars
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-24 | by ( Thomas Lake | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

According to a trial transcript, two friends of Durrett also testified they’d heard Ezra make similar statements. Durrett didn’t implicate Ezra until months after the crime — and after he, Durrett, had been charged with the murder. And although she has been “madly in love” before, Christine said she’d never felt such pure love as she does with Ezra. But the older man said the younger man couldn’t love her because he didn’t even love himself. A few days later he told Christine about another man who needed her help.

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☆ The N.Y.P.D. Pulled Over a City Councilman. Now Both Are Under Fire.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-28 | by ( Jeffery C. Mays | Emma G. Fitzsimmons | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

An officer walked toward his car, asking him to roll down the tinted windows. When the officer reached the driver’s side, Mr. Salaam identified himself as a councilman. The officer asked Mr. Salaam if he was working; Mr. Salaam replied that he was and asked why he had been stopped. The officer did not answer but sent Mr. Salaam on his way. Other elected officials viewed it as an example of a City Council member’s invoking his position to try to get out of a ticket.

Persons: Yusef Salaam, Salaam, Mr, Eric Adams Organizations: New York, Central, Mr, City Locations: Harlem, Georgia

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Council Member Yusef Salaam, a member of the exonerated group of men known as the Central Park Five, says he was stopped and pulled over by police without being given an explanation. But after Salaam identifies himself as a council member, the officer quickly withdraws without providing further explanation for the stop. Police later said in a statement that Salaam was stopped for driving with a dark tint beyond legal limits. Political Cartoons View All 253 ImagesThe police officer conducted himself professionally and respectfully, the NYPD said in the statement, adding that he used discretion to allow the council member to complete his official duties. Salaam won a seat on the New York City Council in November and represents a central Harlem district.

Persons: Member Yusef Salaam, Eric Adams, —, New York Police Department —, Salaam Organizations: —, Member, Central, City Council, Salaam, New York Police Department, Police, NYPD, New, New York City Council Locations: — New York, New York City, Central Park, New York, Harlem

☆ One of the exonerated 'Central Park Five' wins New York City Council seat
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] Yusef Salaam, one of the wrongly convicted "Central Park Five", gestures while praising god following a news conference announcing the payout for the case at City Hall in New York June 27, 2014. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 8 (Reuters) - Yusef Salaam, one of five Black and Latino men wrongly imprisoned as teenagers in the notorious Central Park jogger rape case in 1989, won a seat on the New York City council in Tuesday's elections, according to unofficial results from the city's elections board. His city council victory came 20 years after he and the other four men, known as the "Central Park Five," sued New York City for wrongful conviction and violation of their civil rights, eventually winning a $41 settlement in 2014. Salaam invoked his nightmarish ordeal in his bid for city council. Salaam and the other four men were between 14 and 16 years old when investment banker Trisha Meili, who was white, was raped and almost killed in Central Park in 1989.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The most-watched races in Tuesday’s off-year general election have all been dominated by the ongoing debate over abortion rights. Here's a look at three major races and how abortion has shaped each contest. Andy Beshear seeks a second term in a heavily Republican state Donald Trump carried twice. Ohio constitutional amendment on abortionOhio voters will decide whether to amend the state Constitution to protect access to abortion services. The date for the new primary has not been set but will take place after Tuesday’s general election.

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☆ Yusef Salaam Is Declared Winner of Harlem City Council Primary Race
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( Jeffery C. Mays | More About Jeffery C. Mays | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Yusef Salaam, one of five Black and Latino men whose convictions were overturned in the 1989 rape and assault of a female jogger in Central Park, cemented his victory in a highly contested City Council primary race in Harlem, according to The Associated Press on Wednesday. Mr. Salaam, 49, held a commanding lead on Election Day, with more than twice the number of votes over his closest rival, Inez Dickens, a state assemblywoman. The New York City Board of Elections began tabulating ranked-choice votes on Wednesday, and the new ranked-choice tabulation now shows Mr. Salaam with almost 64 percent of the vote to Ms. Dickens’s 36 percent. “This is a victory for justice, dignity and decency for the Harlem community we love,” Mr. Salaam said in a statement. Mr. Salaam is not expected to face a serious challenger, if any, in November.

Persons: Yusef Salaam, Inez Dickens, tabulating, ” Mr, Salaam, “, ’, Dickens, Al Taylor Organizations: Council, Associated Press, Mr, New York, Assembly Locations: Central Park, Harlem, New York City

☆ For Yusef Salaam, a Landslide Just Might Be the Best Revenge
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( Ginia Bellafante | More About Ginia Bellafante | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Six years ago, Mr. Salaam moved to Georgia; Harlem had become so expensive. He sees the lack of affordable housing as the area’s chief concern, and he is committed to working with developers to create more. Mr. Salaam’s ascent suggests the political appeal of lived experience over the attraction of outlier ideologies that have been cultivated at a privileged distance. Despite what he suffered at the hands of a warped system, Mr. Salaam maintains a position on policing that is comparatively moderate, calling for better and more sensitive policing, not a world without it. One of his political supporters is a former corrections officer who first encountered Mr. Salaam in a Lower Manhattan courthouse in the early stages of his long ordeal.

Persons: Salaam, Ms, Jordan, Harlemites, Brown, George Floyd, “, ”, Derrick Taitt, “ It’s, I’ll, Taitt Organizations: Calhoun School, Mr, Community Association of, East Harlem Locations: Georgia, Harlem, Lower Manhattan

☆ The New York Times News Quiz, June 30, 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Yusef Salaam, one of the so-called Central Park 5 who were wrongfully accused in the rape and assault of a jogger in 1989, appears to have won a major upset in his race for what office?

Persons: Yusef Salaam

☆ In Harlem and Beyond, City Election Points to a Generational Power Shift
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( Jeffery C. Mays | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Walking down 125th Street the day after taking a commanding lead in the race for a City Council seat in Central Harlem, Yusef Salaam couldn’t make it half a block without someone congratulating him on his likely victory. Voter after voter who greeted Mr. Salaam on Wednesday said they recognized him as one of the five Black and Latino men exonerated in 2002 in the rape and assault of a female jogger in Central Park in 1989. “I think this election is largely about change,” Mr. Salaam, 49, said. The other candidate in the race was Al Taylor, 65, also an assemblyman serving his sixth year in the State Legislature. In both Harlem and East New York, voters went from supporting self-described socialists to backing moderate Democrats.

Persons: Yusef Salaam couldn’t, Mr, Salaam, “, Inez Dickens, Eric Adams, Al Taylor, Charles Barron, Inez Barron Organizations: Council, United Federation of Teachers Locations: Central Harlem, Central Park, Harlem, Brooklyn, East New York

☆ New York Primary Election Results
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

New York City Council Ninth DistrictThe Ninth Council District’s Democratic primary in Harlem pits two State Assembly members, Inez Dickens and Al Taylor, against Yusef Salaam, one of five men who were convicted and then exonerated in a 1989 rape and assault of a female jogger in Central Park. The name of Councilwoman Kristin Richardson Jordan, the incumbent, remains on the ballot despite dropping out of the race last month.

Persons: Inez Dickens, Al Taylor, Yusef Salaam, Councilwoman Kristin Richardson Jordan Organizations: Ninth, Council, Democratic, Assembly Locations: York, Harlem, Central Park

☆ Harlem City Council Election Tests Limits of Progressive Politics
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-17 | by ( Jeffery C. Mays | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Two years ago, when a democratic socialist narrowly won a crowded Democratic primary for a City Council seat in Harlem, some saw it as a sign that the historically Black neighborhood was becoming more politically progressive. But roughly a month before this year’s primary on June 27, the first-term councilwoman, Kristin Richardson Jordan, unexpectedly dropped out of the race. Her decision has recast the hotly contested Democratic primary, which now comprises three candidates — none particularly progressive. Two are sitting State Assembly members: Al Taylor, 65, a reverend in his sixth year in the Legislature; and Inez Dickens, 73, who held the Harlem Council seat for 12 years before joining the Assembly. All are moderate Democrats who, before Ms. Jordan’s withdrawal, had tried to distance themselves from Ms. Jordan and her political stances, which include redistributing wealth and abolishing the police.

Persons: Kristin Richardson Jordan, Al Taylor, Inez Dickens, Yusef Salaam, Jordan Organizations: Democratic, Council, Assembly, Harlem Council Locations: Harlem, Central Park

☆ Structures newly discovered in the Milky Way
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-02 | by ( Kristen Rogers | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —An international team of astrophysicists has discovered hundreds of mysterious structures in the center of the Milky Way galaxy. Sagittarius A* “is the closest supermassive black hole to us, but it’s relatively quiet and therefore somewhat difficult to really study,” Hamden added. The vertical filaments surround the nucleus of the Milky Way, but the horizontal ones appear to spread out to one side toward the black hole. The vertical filaments, on the other hand, are magnetic and hold cosmic ray electrons moving nearly as fast as the speed of light. “One way to confirm that the (filament) structure is created by something like a jet is to find both sides of it.”This would add “to the complex, active picture of our own Milky Way,” she said.

Persons: astrophysicists, Farhad Yusef, Yusef, Zadeh, “, ”, who’s, Erika Hamden, ” Yusef, Hamden Organizations: CNN, Northwestern University’s Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration, Research, Astrophysics, University of Arizona, South African Locations: Hamden

☆ Iran executes two people convicted of blasphemy
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-08 | by ( Mostafa Salem | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Iran hanged two people on Monday who had been sentenced to death for blasphemy, according to the judiciary news agency Mizan. Authorities convicted both after they were found to be members of a Telegram channel titled “Critique of Superstition and Religion,” according to the US Commission on International Religious Freedom. One member allegedly said that they set religious books on fire, the US Commission on International Religious Freedom claimed. The executions come days after the execution of a dual Swedish-Iranian national, Habib Chaab, who was convicted for leading a national Arab separatist group accused of attacks in Iran. The report found there was a “surge” of executions in Iran following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody in September.

☆ Exonerated 'Central Park 5' member mimics Trump's 1980s ad that called for the return of the death penalty
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-06 | by ( Isobel Van Hagen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

One of the "Central Park Five" mimicked a 1989 full-page ad that Trump placed calling for the death penalty. In the mock ad, posted on Twitter, Salaam referred to Trump's recent indictment and arrest. In the ad, which was posted on Twitter, Yusef Salaam mocked Trump's recent indictment and arrest while imitating the statement Trump advertised in multiple New York newspapers. Salaam was one of five Black and Latino teenagers who were wrongly convicted of the assault and rape of a young white woman in Central Park. Salaam, however, said he ultimately wished Trump "no harm," even though the former president had "effectively called for my death and the death of four other innocent children."

Just 14% say they have a great deal or "quite a lot" of confidence in the criminal justice system, half the level of a decade ago. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's case is the first of several involving Trump as the country braces for a 2024 presidential election in which Trump is the leading Republican candidate. Trump himself has over the years complained that law enforcement was targeting him for political purposes, and his rhetoric has heightened since the New York case surfaced. On Wednesday, Trump called on his fellow Republicans in Congress to slash funding for the U.S. Justice Department and the FBI. "It's obvious the criminal legal system can punch down - it's proven that, and oppressively so," Ali said.

☆ Wrongly accused Central Park 5 member cheers Trump's indictment with a single word statement: 'Karma'
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-30 | by ( Nicole Gaudiano | Haven Orecchio-Egresitz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Donald Trump declined to apologize for his controversial position in 1989 on the Exonerated 5. Yusef Salaam said on Twitter that Trump "never said sorry for calling for my execution." Now that Trump has been indicted in New York, a member of that exonerated group has a concise response: "Karma." —Yusef Abdus Salaam (@dr_yusefsalaam) March 30, 2023In 1989, Trump bought newspaper advertisements calling for New York State to adopt the death penalty after the attack on the jogger. "Let's not forget that it was Donald Trump who took out full-page ads calling for these five Black and Brown young men to get the death penalty.

☆ Central Park gate honors wrongly imprisoned ‘Exonerated 5’
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-20 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

They arrived in the chill of a late fall morning, some singing hymns, to dedicate a park entry to the men once known as the Central Park Five, but now remembered as the Exonerated Five. Master drummer Baba Don Babatunde, left, and civil rights activist Queen Mother Moore, right, lead a spiritual moment, during the Central Park gate-naming ceremony on Dec. 19, 2022, in New York. Raymond Santana Jr., left, one of five men exonerated, during a naming ceremony for the northeast gateway of Central Park, Monday. Bebeto Matthews / APSoon after, the convictions of the Central Park Five were thrown out in 2002 after the men served six to 13 years in prison. Other entrances to the park have been labeled to reflect groups of people who live and work in the city, with names like Artisans’ Gate, Scholars’ Gate and Strangers’ Gate.

☆ For $15k and a signed NDA, students at Kanye West's unaccredited Donda Academy start the day with 'full school worship' before parkour enrichment classes
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-22 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

The unaccredited pre-K through 12th-grade school, Donda Academy, costs $15,000 per year to attend, Rolling Stone reported. In comparison, Donda Academy charges $15,000 per student, Rolling Stone reported, with about half of students receiving some sort of financial aid. Donda Academy, its principal, Brianne Campbell; assistant principal, Allison Tidwell; and sports director Shayla Scott did not respond to Insider's requests for comment. Tamar Andrews, an educational consultant for Donda Academy, confirmed to Rolling Stone that parents are asked to sign an "informal agreement" to enroll. "The process of Donda school is for the parishioners, for the attendees," Yusef told Rolling Stone.

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