Gladwyn d’Souza<p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/new-york-city-council-election-yusef-salaam-0377cedcbd29f424753c9790551a85de" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/new-york-ci</span><span class="invisible">ty-council-election-yusef-salaam-0377cedcbd29f424753c9790551a85de</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ProsecutorialMisconduct" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ProsecutorialMisconduct</span></a>: The victory comes more than two decades after <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/DNAevidence" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DNAevidence</span></a> was used to overturn the convictions of Salaam and four other Black and Latino men in the 1989 rape and beating of a white jogger in Central Park. Salaam was arrested at age 15 and imprisoned for almost seven years.</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/exoneratedfive" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>exoneratedfive</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/abolishthepolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>abolishthepolice</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/EndQualifiedImmunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EndQualifiedImmunity</span></a></p>