Five falsely convicted New Yorkers who became known as the “Central Park Five” have filed a defamation lawsuit against Donald Trump after the Republican presidential candidate wrongfully suggested at last month’s debate with Kamala Harris that the five confessed to a crime they did not commit. In 1989, the group of one Latino and four Black teenagers was falsely accused, and then convicted, of raping and nearly killing a white jogger. As the boys faced a barrage of racism and police misconduct, Trump took out a full-page ad in The New York Times calling for a reinstatement of the death penalty. Four members of the redubbed “Exonerated Five,” including New York City Councilmember Yusef Salaam, spoke at the Democratic National Convention in August. Click here to see our interview with Councilmember Salaam.