Racist, Central Park Rapist Yusef Salaam: I am a Victim of Donald Trump!

Re-posted by Nicholas Stix

I’m one of the Central

Park Five.

Donald Trump won’t

leave me alone.

10/12/166:29 PM

Commentary:

I'm one of the Central

Park Five.

Donald Trump won't

leave me alone.

Yusef Salaam is escorted by police in 1990. Salaam was one of five teenagers who were convicted of raping a white woman in Central Park. Their convictions were later overturned when an imprisoned serial rapist and murderer admitted to having committed the crime alone. [Original caption: "Accused rapist Yusef Salaam is escorted by police."]

Yusef Salaam
Special to The Washington Post
October 12, 2016

For 27 years, I've been in Donald Trump’s crosshairs.

I'm a member of the Central Park Five, a group of teenagers imprisoned for a brutal sexual assault in Central Park in 1989.

[N.S.: In 1992, during a prison interview, Salaam suggested that his victim was “faking” her injuries. He also insisted that due to his “religion,” Islam, it was “impossible” for him to commit any crimes.]

When we were arrested, the police deprived us of food, drink or sleep for more than 24 hours. [Lies all.] Under duress, four of us falsely confessed. [Another lie.] Though we were innocent, we spent our formative years in prison, branded as rapists. [Everything he says is a lie.]

During our trial, it seemed as if every New Yorker had an opinion. But no one took it further than Trump. He called for blood in the most public way possible. Trump used his money to take out full-page ads in all of the city's major newspapers, calling for the reinstatement of the death penalty in New York.

[When Trump took out the ads, Salaam’s victim, Trisha Meili, was in a coma, and was not expected by her doctors to survive. Salaam was the reason she was in a coma. By his own admission to the police, the 6’4” teenager had hit the 5’4,” 105 lb. victim in the head and ribs with a metal pipe. The blow to the head caused Meili to lose over 70 percent of her blood. Salaam also told police, “It was fun. It was something to do.”]

During that time, our families tried to shield us from what was going on in the media, but we still found out about Trump's ad. My initial thought was, "Who is this guy?" I was terrified that I might be executed for a crime I didn't commit.

[He wasn't terrified of anything. In court in 1990, he demanded defiantly of the judge, "Give me the max!," as if he were some kind of righteous martyr, rather than a racist monster.]

Thirteen years later, in 2002, we were exonerated. [Liar. They were never exonerated. They could only have been exonerated via re-trial and acquittal, which neverhappened.] Matias Reyes eventually confessed to the rape and was definitively linked to the victim by his DNA. New York paid us $41 million in 2014 for our false imprisonment.

[Liar. Racist, communist mayor Bill Wilhelm/de Blasio stole $41 million from New York’s white and Asian net taxpayers, because he hates those groups, and supports racist, black cut-throats.]

Trump has never apologized for calling for our murder. [Liar. He never called for your “murder.”] "Accused rapist Yusef Salaam is escorted by police."] In fact, despite all evidence to the contrary, he's still convinced that we were guilty. [Of course. Because there never was a scintilla of evidence to the contrary, and you know it.] When the Republican nominee was recently asked about the Central Park Five, he said, "They admitted they were guilty." [True.] In a statement to CNN's Miguel Marquez, Trump wrote, "The police doing the original investigation say they were guilty. The fact that that case was settled with so much evidence against them is outrageous. And the woman, so badly injured, will never be the same." [True again. Conversely, in a 1992 prison interview for 60 Minutes, Salaam suggested his victim was “faking” her injuries.] It's further proof of his bias, racism and inability to admit that he's wrong. [Projection artist.]

Black people across America know that because of the color of our skin, we are guilty before proven innocent.— Yusef Salaam, one of the Central Park Five

 

[Garbage. Guilty-as-hell black felons enjoy level-upon-level of criminal justice affirmative action. This mope is just a talking point machine of racist lies.]

When I heard Trump's latest proclamation, it was like the worst feeling in the world. I felt as if I couldn't breathe. [Cute. That's an allusion to Eric Garner.] Since I was 15, my life has never been my own. I had no control over what happened to me. [He had complete control over his life. All he had to do was refrain from being a criminal. But he refused.] Being in the spotlight makes me wary and self-conscious again. I am overwhelmed with a nagging fear that an overzealous Trump supporter might take matters into his or her hands.

Doing something simple like picking up dinner for the family or going to the aquarium takes on a whole new wrinkle. I'm always looking over my shoulder, keeping an eye out for people who stare too long. [Garbage.] Like a soldier always on high alert, I feel as if I can never enjoy myself fully, with all of the adrenaline that comes with that. It's a scary feeling.

 

In some ways, I feel as if I'm on trial all over again. Like Trayvon Martin and Mike Brown, young men who were killed and then crucified in the media, I know what it is to be a young black man without a voice. Even though we were found innocent by a court of law [liar!], we are still guilty in the court of public opinion. [Trayvon Martin and Mike Brown?! The media created hoaxes for both of those racist, failed, would-be murderers.] That brings a certain kind of stress.

[Tell that to your victims.]

Donald Trump's deep-rooted racism

 

I realize, too, that I'm not the only victim. [You’re not a victim at all; you’re a heinous, racist, violent felon.] Trump has smeared dozens of people, with no regard for the truth. And he has backed a "law and order" system that would systematically target minorities. [Liar.] Trump says he would like to re-institute practices like New York's "stop and frisk," a policy proven to be unconstitutional and unjust. [Liar.] When we hear that he is going to be a "law and order president," a collective chill goes down the spine of those of us who have been the victims of this "law and order."

[Like who?]

Black people across America know that because of the color of our skin, we are guilty before proven innocent. [His lies are getting repetitious.]

As a result, sometimes we lose the best years of our lives. [Projection.] Sometimes we lose our actual lives. [Ditto.] We must not let this man ascend to the highest office in the land when he has always proven that he lets neither facts nor humanity lead his steps.

 

Washington Post

Yusef Salaam is a motivational speaker based in New York City.

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I wonder who ghosted this for Salaam.