Exonerated member of Central Park Five wins NYC Council primary, nearly assures seat

Yusef Salaam, one of the exonerated "Central Park Five," has won a Democratic primary for a seat on the New York City Council.
Salaam was wrongly accused, convicted, and imprisoned as a teenager for the rape and beating of a white jogger in Central Park.
He served nearly seven years in prison before being exonerated through DNA evidence.
Salaam's outsider campaign prevailed over two political veterans in his first bid for public office.
He capitalized on his celebrity and the injustices faced by Black and Latino residents in Harlem.