New York's Central Park Five Councilman--The Full Story
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In a post last week (Central Park Jogger Attacker Elected New York City Councilman), we noted that one of the confessed Central Park Jogger attackers had been elected to the New York City Council, and we refuted false claims that he (or his other fellow ex-convicts) were ever exonerated for their crimes.
If You Went Back In Time, No One Would Believe This
— Portfolio Armor (@PortfolioArmor) November 9, 2023
Meet New York City’s new Councilman. https://t.co/QvfcKhNUqs
Earlier this week, an account on X brought his thread to our attention, which gives a full account of the Councilman's involvement in the attack on the Central Park Jogger, drawing on a detailed book about the case and citing Salaam's own statements to the police and his testimony during his trial. We present his thread below, followed by a brief note about a previous post of ours.
2/Many young men were picked up the night of the incident, Yusef Salaam was not among them. They gave statements: all recorded here. https://t.co/mpLkcdtxbN
— True Discipline (@TruueDiscipline) November 14, 2023
4/ Salaam was brought down to the police station and read his Miranda rights. He was told we would be released or arrested depending on what he said. pic.twitter.com/sARPe6L3mn
— True Discipline (@TruueDiscipline) November 14, 2023
6/ The officer falsely claims that he has fingerprints on the jogger and tells Salaam if they match him he will be arrested. He says he was there but he didn't rape her, but he did beat her over the head with a pipe and feel her breasts. pic.twitter.com/MYmVE7FDk0
— True Discipline (@TruueDiscipline) November 14, 2023
8/ Due to this, they decided to stop the interview, and Salaam got a lawyer. pic.twitter.com/Z3Sb3Xok3P
— True Discipline (@TruueDiscipline) November 14, 2023
10/A side note: In this book the jogger is reffered to as "Paula Harris", but her name was later revealed to be Trisha Meili. She was not only sexually assualted but beaten within a inch of her life: pic.twitter.com/jyLGq5JA8A
— True Discipline (@TruueDiscipline) November 14, 2023
12/ During the pre-trial hearings, the lawyers for Salaam and other defendents tried to contest the legality of the confessions. The prosecutor discredited the witnesses claiming that the police acted improperly with regard to Salaam's age. pic.twitter.com/mwsMRFyS1m
— True Discipline (@TruueDiscipline) November 14, 2023
14/The judge wrote a 116 page ruling (the white passages I had cited before) stating that all of the written and videotaped statements could be used by the prosecution. pic.twitter.com/PseISB2Eoe
— True Discipline (@TruueDiscipline) November 14, 2023
16/ As DNA evidence came back, the prosecution became aware that one guilty party slipped through the cracks. But that did not destroy their case because the crime was likely commited by multiple assailants. pic.twitter.com/7N1S3eTUIj
— True Discipline (@TruueDiscipline) November 14, 2023
18/ The IQ of another defendant was also mentioned, but his was considerably lower at 87: pic.twitter.com/o8JvhwhPqS
— True Discipline (@TruueDiscipline) November 14, 2023
20/ On the outside supporters of the defendants chanted "No justice no peace" and insulted the jogger while trying to reveal her real identity: pic.twitter.com/wN020PJVtk
— True Discipline (@TruueDiscipline) November 14, 2023
22/ The detective admitted to taking an aggresive role in the questioning of Salaam: pic.twitter.com/xDThuAiMZm
— True Discipline (@TruueDiscipline) November 14, 2023
24/ Salaams attroney begins to cross examine the detective: pic.twitter.com/IU2LiHZE66
— True Discipline (@TruueDiscipline) November 14, 2023
26/ The defence begins and the prosecutor gets an admission from Salaams witnesses that they coordinated their stories: pic.twitter.com/QlQpKvokqc
— True Discipline (@TruueDiscipline) November 14, 2023
28/ His lawyer asks if he asked the police how much time he was facing. He says yes because he thought he would go to jail for being in the park late. His own lawyer is stunned by his answer. pic.twitter.com/MrJz8RJR2o
— True Discipline (@TruueDiscipline) November 14, 2023
30/ Salaam describes coming up to the homeless man and thinking he was dead. If he didn't beat him up why assume he was dead. Why not call the police? pic.twitter.com/sUBZ9chAE2
— True Discipline (@TruueDiscipline) November 14, 2023
32/ The prosecution invites some rebbutal witnesses including Linda Fairstein to describe Salaams mother's conduct. Ms. Salaam has an outburst in court: pic.twitter.com/1QAWKwokPU
— True Discipline (@TruueDiscipline) November 14, 2023
34/ The multiracial jury begins deliberating. Everyone agrees race is not an issue in the case: pic.twitter.com/1hzNwaUdGe
— True Discipline (@TruueDiscipline) November 14, 2023
36/ The jury finds Salaam guilty of rape and assault: pic.twitter.com/HEycolbiHY
— True Discipline (@TruueDiscipline) November 14, 2023
38/ Salaam was sentenced to 5 to 10 years in and was released in 1997. His conviction was vacated in 2002 when Matias Reyes was identified as the unknown attacker, though of course this did not contradict the evidence against him, and was irrelevent to the other charges.
— True Discipline (@TruueDiscipline) November 14, 2023
40/ If you are interested in this case, I strongly reccomend this book because there is lots of damning evidence against the rest as well, but they are not the subejct of this thread. https://t.co/0sdZsQS1wJ
— True Discipline (@TruueDiscipline) November 14, 2023
This man now represents the most powerful city in the world. If you don't think he desrves that responsibilty, please retweet this thread to expose him. pic.twitter.com/64R6eSIfP6
— True Discipline (@TruueDiscipline) November 14, 2023
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