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Central Park Five, Exonerated Five, Donald Trump, theGrio.com
April 11, 2025
Trump's lawyer called the lawsuit "baseless" and "yet another unfounded and meritless attack" against the 47th president.
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 23: (L-R) Korey Wise, Raymond Santana Jr., Yusef Salaam, Antron McCray, and Kevin Richardson of the "Central Park Five" speak onstage at the 2019 BET Awards on June 23, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
October 29, 2024
The election will determine the speed at which a lawsuit filed against Trump by the Exonerated Five will move forward…
Central Park Five, Exonerated Five, Donald Trump, theGrio.com
October 21, 2024
The five Black and Latino men once known as the Central Park Five are taking Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump…
January 29, 2024
Yusef Salaam's stop casts a light on a police transparency bill that would require officers to publicly report on all…
Central Park Five
December 14, 2022
A Central Park Conservancy planning official says a park entrance will have "Gate of the Exonerated" carved into a wall.
July 25, 2022
A sixth man linked to the rape of a jogger in Central Park is expected to have a robbery charge…
Yusef Salaam mocks Donald Trump
September 7, 2021
Yusef Salaam wants a seat in the Harlem senate to focus his efforts on police brutality, criminal justice reform, and…
November 23, 2020
One of the five teens wrongly imprisoned for the assault on a Central Park jogger has a memoir coming out…
Punching the Air Yusef Salaam The Exonerated Five thegrio.com
August 23, 2020
“Punching the Air” is a novel inspired by Dr. Yusef Salaam of the Exonerated Five about a teenager who is…
June 7, 2020
For Dr. Yusef Salaam, watching the Amy Cooper video at Central Park brought back memories and triggers of a time…
Gayle King theGrio.com
May 26, 2020
In back-to-back reporting of crimes perpetrated against Black men, veteran journalist and mother Gayle King became moved to tears.
Adobe Stock
January 3, 2020
A 13-year-old charged with killing a Barnard College freshman will remain behind bars until his March trial, a Family Court…
Ava DuVernay thegrio.com
October 15, 2019
John E. Reid and Associates filed a federal lawsuit against Netflix and Ava Duvernay, alleging that they defamed the “Reid…
Ava DuVernay thegrio.com
June 26, 2019
The story of the Central Park Five, who were wrongfully convicted of a vicious rape when they were just boys…
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 23: (L-R) Korey Wise, Raymond Santana Jr., Yusef Salaam, Antron McCray, and Kevin Richardson of the "Central Park Five" speak onstage at the 2019 BET Awards on June 23, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
June 24, 2019
The exonerated Central Park Five men received high praise when they hit the stage on Sunday at the BET Awards.
June 19, 2019
Don Lemon doubled down against President Donald Trump’s divisive rhetoric and likened his brand of hate to Hitler’s.
Central Park Five
June 17, 2019
The chief prosecutor in Manhattan says he has no plans to look back at sex crimes cases prosecuted by Linda…
Ava DuVernay thegrio.com
June 13, 2019
The series, which depicts the ordeal endured by five young men at the hands of an overzealous prosecutor in New…
June 13, 2019
Elizabeth Lederer, the Manhattan Assistant District Attorney, who prosecuted the “Central Park Five” whose convictions were ultimately overturned, has resigned…
June 12, 2019
As part of the fallout from the recent Netflix series, students at Columbia Law School want lecturer Elizabeth Lederer one…