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I deleted an earlier tweet about New York city councilman Yusef Salaam because I think additional details and context are warranted. Many people, even on the right, think the Central Park Five case is a story of five completely innocent men, railroaded at random by a racist justice system, who have now been fully and totally exonerated beyond doubt. This is not true and I’ll explain why. I said Salaam once “took part in a gruesome gang rape,” but did not elaborate. I should have said "Yusef Salaam once confessed to participating in a gang rape. In this confession, Salaam admitted to beating jogger Trisha Meili twice with a metal pipe, and to groping her breasts while others raped her.” I should have mentioned that along with being raped, Meili was beaten so badly that her eye socket was crushed and her brain was severely damaged. I should have said "When police interrogated Salaam, he initially claimed to have not even been in Central Park. But when they told him that fingerprints had been found on Meili’s clothing, Salaam’s response was to confess immediately, by saying ‘I was there but I didn’t rape her.’” I should have mentioned that Salaam has accused the police of coercing his confession by savagely beating fellow defendant Kharey Wise, and threatening to do the same to him. I should have mentioned that this is an outrageous claim that not a single iota of evidence has ever been produced to support – in fact, the record contains no evidence of any injuries to Wise at all. I should have mentioned that neither Salaam's trial nor a subsequent NYPD-commissioned investigation found any reason to believe his confession was coerced. Instead, Salaam argued that his confession should have been inadmissible due to his age at the time -- he was 15. But the only reason Salaam had been interrogated is that he lied to the police about his age, and fooled them with fake ID. A court ruled at the time, and I agree, that Salaam's deliberate deception of police made his confession admissible. The NYT and other publications will tell you that Salaam was “wrongfully imprisoned” or otherwise proven to be innocent. This is untrue. Instead, the Central Park 5 convictions were all vacated -- as though their trials had never happened – because Manhattan DA Robert Morgenthau petitioned a judge to vacate them, and the request was granted in a matter of minutes without a single court hearing on the actual merits. I should have mentioned that the justification for the vacated sentences was that one man, Matias Reyes, had confessed to the rape and had his involvement confirmed by DNA evidence. But in addition, I should have mentioned that Reyes’s confirmed involvement in no way debunks the possibility that others were involved: Prosecutors had always believed that other perpetrators had gotten away, and had always known that the semen found on Meili’s brutalized body was not linked to any of the defendants. All of the Central Park 5, in their confessions, had claimed that they merely hit, groped, or held Meili as she was raped by others. I should have mentioned the several witnesses who testified that CP5 defendants had told them of their involvement in the rape before being charged, and that these witnesses stood by their testimony even after Reyes came forward. I should have mentioned that Salaam was not picked up randomly off the streets by cops – instead, police only investigated him because multiple people present in Central Park had implicated him by name in multiple attacks. I should have mentioned Melody Jackson, who spoke with Salaam’s friend Kharey Wise when he called her from Rikers Island. Wise told her he only held Meili down while others assaulted her – a fact Jackson reported to police because she thought it would help Wise. At trial and again in 2002, Jackson reaffirmed her testimony, even as she admitted that inculpating the boys had caused immense problems in her life. I should also have mentioned that Reyes had ample reason to lie about being the sole perpetrator: He was already serving a life sentence and received a beneficial prison transfer after his confession. I should have added that DA Morgenthau blocked police investigators from interviewing Reyes themselves, and told other prisoners (who might have known Reyes’s motives) not to talk to police either. I should have mentioned that one of Reyes’s acquaintances told a journalist Reyes admitted to joining in the assault on Meili as it was already in progress. I should have mentioned that investigators attempted to recreate the manner in which Reyes says he chased down and attacked Meili on his own, and found the story implausible. I should have mentioned that police found a bloodstain on Salaam’s jacket. I should have mentioned that the Armstrong Report, compiled after Reyes’s confession, concluded that “the consistencies found in the defendants’ statements, the informal remarks made by the defendants at various times, [and] the corroborative testimony of other witnesses” make it “more likely than not that the defendants participated in an attack upon the jogger.” big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/Armstrong.pdf I should have mentioned that, back in 2003, the New York Times itself reported on these findings in a far fairer manner than would ever be thinkable today. nytimes.com/2003/01/28/nyr… I should also have mentioned that Salaam was convicted of participating in multiple different assaults on other passersby in Central Park the same night as the jogger attack. Those convictions have been vacated as well, but not for any actual reason – no new evidence ever came forward, and as many as seven separate eyewitnesses described Salaam savagely attacking people with a metal pipe. In fact, these convictions were vacated even though one argument for exonerating Salaam of rape is that he was too busy assaulting other people to have been present for the jogger attack! I wish I had provided this additional context from the beginning, so that people would know the facts, and not just a narrative crafted for them at Netflix and PBS by people eager to exonerate anybody convicted of brutalizing a “Karen.”

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@Ewa_ocheee @InTunedMediaa @nasescobar316 BP is literally 70% people of color

@InTunedMediaa @nasescobar316 What makes you think ICE wouldn’t attack literally anyone of colour?

What you did last night was pure evil. This will not be forgotten. You are a guest in this country. A disrespectful one at that. You are the true definition of a Tether. You Anti-Black American disrespectful piece of sh*t.

Guy is not local at all go home. “La Sally”

Looking at this video that reportedly shows Alex Pretti spitting at ICE Agents and kicking out the tail light of their vehicle, one thought occurs to me. If he had been arrested and charged that day, he might still be alive. I can't help but wonder if not arresting him then and there, thus encouraging him to believe he could behave this way without consequence, emboldened him to continue to interfere with ICE. Enforcing the law is enforcing order. And that is often, in the long run, a mercy.

@DumasMike @officer_Lew And Pretti had no id or carry permit on his person. Your argument is retarded. He was there in the street to “get physical” and that lead git real physical. You see how stupid this is ?

WOW🚨: Armed Alex Pretti gets shot by feds after bringing a gun to a protest and resisting federal agents—media barely blinks. Unarmed 5'2" Ashli Babbitt, veteran, no weapon, not even close to reaching the officer (way more than 10 feet away), gets executed point-blank through a broken window on Jan 6. Where was the national outrage? Where was the rioting in the streets? Where was the endless coverage?

This is how you play the game, and Trump is a master.

@AJA_Cortes Ajac, as a MN resident, what do I do here? I’m so lost. I love my state there are great people here. Most I know are not crazy deranged leftists but rather passive conservatives who want to better their lives and be left alone.

Minnesota is a rogue state, its leadership is openly seditious, the anti ICE organization is funded by the Democratic Party and supported by far left judges, everyone is in bed together Martial law and take over of the state will be required

Can you at least get a glimpse of your blind spots after posting about this earlier ? Changing your X banner to the kid in the matter of minutes to score some points. Can’t even admit when you’re wrong without a “But” at the end. Don’t pretend to take a step to the middle actually do it

Since I hate misinformation, I acknowledge the little boy was abandoned by his father who fled ICE agents. I witnessed great compassion from CBP agents towards abandoned children when I visited the southern border a few years ago - and this little boy is in good hands. But what’s happening in MSP is a stain on all of us - as the rights of Americans are being shredded.

How does our AG not even understand the FACE act what a fucking joke. He needs to go

During the Spanish Civil War, more than 20% of all male clergy members in the Republican zone of control were executed.

This is Retarded!

“Minnesota law does not authorize state and local officials to hold or arrest someone based on an immigration detainer” “Because no Minnesota civil law authorizes immigration detainer arrests, Minnesota law enforcement agencies risk significant civil liability if they enforce immigration detainers” ag.state.mn.us/Office/Communi…

I mean what is the goal with this? This guy has no balls. On the brink of tears as he calls MN a community of peace. Let ICE do their job and you wouldn’t have this bullshit right now

A Final Message From Scott Adams

Why do my colleagues want to make “E-verify” mandatory for employment and “real-ID” mandatory for travel, but they won’t make either a requirement for welfare? 🤔

This wasn't murder. Renee's death in Minneapolis is tragic. But see it for what it is, not what you want it to be. You can hate ICE. But blocking officers then speeding off in a 2-ton vehicle with people at your bumper is irrational. She rolled the dice. Sadly, she died.

@Hero_OfThe_Day @williams_c33 @dropthehotmic Nah it was the 19th of December

@williams_c33 @dropthehotmic Wow, I was way off.

The night that changed EVERYTHING 🔥🔥 If THIS doesn’t happen the league might’ve gifted Shai and OKC another unethical championship. A generation of fans have already stopped watching!! 🗣️🗣️🗣️ I HAVE TO ask— Did Chris Finch save the NBA?? 🤔🤔

🚨HOLY CRAP🚨 My jaw is on the floor… Aimee Bock, the ringleader of the Feeding Our Future COVID fraud scheme, is listed as the contact for at least FOURTY SEVEN taxpayer-funded "child cares" in Minnesota, according to an official state database. These locations must be investigated for potential further fraud @TheJusticeDept