UNCOVERED: 2 - The Untold Story

Central Park Five member Yusef Salaam wins primary for NYC council

‘This campaign has been about those who have been counted out. This campaign has been about those who have been forgotten,’ 49-year-old says

The Independent UK · Jun 28, 2023

Once wrongly imprisoned for notorious rape, member of 'Central Park Five' is running for office

Some consider Yusef Salaam a folk hero as a member of the “Central Park Five,” the group of teenagers wrongly convicted of raping a white jogger in a brutal attack 34 years ago

The Independent UK · Jun 21, 2023

Sharpton questions NYPD’s response to subway chokehold death of Jordan Neely at Harlem funeral service

NEW YORK — The Rev. Al Sharpton delivered a fiery call for justice Friday as family, friends and total strangers packed a Harlem church for a heartfelt farewell to subway chokehold victim Jordan Neely.

Tribune News Service · May 19, 2023

Central Park Five member takes out full page ad on Trump 34 years after he called for their execution

‘On the day he was arrested and arraigned, here is my ad in response,’ Yusef Salaam says

The Independent UK · Apr 5, 2023

Central Park 5 member hits back at Trump

Trump called to bring back the death penalty for Central Park 5 — and never apologized when they were cleared

Salon · Mar 31, 2023

Member of Central Park Five who Trump wanted executed responds to ex-president’s indictment: ‘Karma’

Trump has become the first former US president to be indicted

The Independent UK · Mar 31, 2023

‘A long time coming’: Central Park Five’s Yusef Salaam runs for office

Salaam, who was falsely accused at age 15 of gang rape and incarcerated for seven years, is hoping to use his experience to create a positive change

The Guardian - US · Feb 7, 2023

Central Park entry gate commemorates the 'Exonerated Five'

An entryway to Central Park has been dedicated to remember the injustice that imprisoned five Black and Latino teenagers after they were wrongly convicted of the 1989 rape of a white jogger

The Independent UK · Dec 19, 2022

New York City to honor Central Park Five at park entrance

New York City is naming a gate in Central Park in honor of the five men who, as teenagers, were wrongfully convicted of the 1989 rape of a jogger and spent years in prison before being exonerated

The Independent UK · Dec 13, 2022

‘6th man’ in Central Park Five jogger case exonerated

NEW YORK — A long-forgotten sixth suspect in the notorious 1989 Central Park Five rape case was exonerated Monday, more than 30 years after he pleaded guilty to a related crime, the Manhattan district attorney’s office announced.

Tribune News Service · Jul 25, 2022