Salaam spent just about seven years in jail after he and 4 different Black and brown teenagers have been wrongfully convicted in a 1989 rape case involving a white girl in Central Park.
Sooner than the kids’ trial, Trump paid for full-page newspaper advertisements that known as to deliver again the loss of life penalty for “criminals of all ages” according to the case.
Trump’s name “was once the fireplace starter” towards a shift in public opinion previous to the kids’ wrongful convictions, Salaam up to now stated. Salaam and the opposite 4 have been exonerated in 2002.
“Whilst you pay attention such things as that, it virtually makes you imagine that we’re dwelling in the similar truth and the reality of the subject is that we don’t seem to be dwelling in the similar truth,” stated Salaam. “For somebody to mention that if they might do it to Trump, they might do it to somebody — they do it to Black and brown other folks at all times.”
“It’s a travesty of justice and the reality of the subject is that we want the felony device to paintings and I’m excited to look what is going to occur on Tuesday,” Salaam stated, relating to Trump’s arraignment.