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Advocates are resisting a police program intended to curb gun violence, claiming it targets young Black men. A report found that three in 10 stops and four in 10 searches by the teams had no legal basis.
Yusef Salaam, one of five teenagers convicted in the 1989 Central Park jogger case, won a competitive Democratic primary for a Harlem City Council seat.
Yusef Salaam, one of five teenagers convicted in the 1989 Central Park jogger case, won a competitive Democratic primary for a Harlem City Council seat.