In 1989 five young black men were wrongfully convicted of raping a woman jogging in New York City. Leading the charge against them was a genuine estate mogul whose divisive rhetoric can be found in his presidential campaign todayYusef Salaam was 15 years old when Donald Trump demanded his execution for a crime he did not commit.
Nearly three decades before the rambunctious (unruly) billionaire began his hasten for president – before he called for a ban on Muslims entering the United States,for the expulsion of all undocumented migrants, before he branded Mexicans as “rapists” and was accused of mocking the disabled – Trump called for the reinstatement of the death penalty in New York following a horrific rape case in which five teenagers were wrongly convicted. Related: Sign up for the Campaign Minute - the election condensed every day I deem he knew what he was doing by taking a side, and I deem he knew he was aligning himself with white law and orderContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com