Yusef Salaam
This goo was worth a point in January 2024.
publication date: Thursday, January 11, 2024 (part of January 2024)
category: 
Injustice
clue: This year, he became a city councilman in the same New York that once falsely imprisoned him and four other young men for a 1989 crime that was central to the city's self-perception as being overtaken by violence.
explanation: Salaam was one of the "Central Park Five," teenagers who were imprisoned after being forced into confessing to a violent rape in Central Park in 1989. They were later exonerated by evidence. In 2024, he was sworn in as a councilman representing New York's 9th City Council district. more…
intended difficulty: easy
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Richard Slominsky, and Jason Jones
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