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Central Park Five sue Donald Trump for jogger case remarks made at presidential debate

Oct. 21, 2024 17:27 PM EDT

The men formerly known as the Central Park Five before they were exonerated filed a defamation lawsuit on Monday against Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. With Election Day two weeks away, the group accused the former president of making “false and defamatory...

Sharpton and Central Park Five members get out the vote in battleground Pennsylvania

Sep. 28, 2024 02:56 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — A few dozen New Yorkers boarded a bus in Harlem on Friday with civil rights leader the Rev. Al Sharpton and members of the group formerly known as the Central Park Five, bound for Philadelphia, where they toured the city hoping to energize the youth vote ahead of the 2024...