NYC Councilman Dr. Yusef Salaam On How Series 'When They See Us' Changed His Life | The View 

The part where the young child told their mother "that's Yusef Salaam" was so sweet 💯💯💯💯

Yusuf Salaam was lucky to have his mother as a protector and advocate. She knew he and they were innocent and would not let him sign a confession and answer their questions. She would be very proud of his accomplishments.

It's so impressive when people like him overcome injustice and find such a positive path.

I need to listen to this every day. Such encouragement and forgiveness . Thank you, Yusef.

Your mother sounds like an amazing woman, Dr. Salaam. Peace and glory to both of you and your family.🙏

New York City Councilman Dr. Yusef Salaam " she was teaching me in essence what stand your ground was before we even heard about stand your ground" excellent job to his mother ❤️❤️♥️♥️🫶🏾🫶🏾👏🏾👏🏾‼️💯💯

The perfect guest for Dr. King's Birthday. Dr. Yusef Salaam you sir are a bright light to your city. I hope the people of NY treasure you forever.

No words describe this man’s story, good man

When you live your whole life being accused of things you have never done nor ever thought about doing is a burdensome path in itself but to allow forgiveness to take centre stage and turn your journey into one of power is truly inspiring loved this segment this is why I fell in love with watching the view for these types of interviews.

So proud of this man.👏🏾✊🏾💯🙏🏾❤️

What an honarable & gracious man! Don't think I could be that forgiving. Yes I could but I would never forget.

This man is remarkable in every sense of the word.

Sorry to have missed this show! I recognized him as I waited in the cold hoping for a chance to get in to see the show. He did see me on line in the cold. I recognized him and he came over and hugged me! He is so gracious! Thank you so much for seeing me! God bless you and good luck in your tenure.

This man has my utmost respect. I am so sorry for what happened to you. You deserve everything that is finally happening for you. Bless you, Sir.

Wow, sir - you are truly a gift to humanity. Yusef Salaam, you will go down in history.

What a lovely man. Character matters and nothing broke his spirit, due to his spiritual abilities. He will go far and help us all. God speed, Mr. Salaam. You have the strength and heart of a GIANT. 💜💙💜💙🩵

Yusuf, you are so brilliant. I have watched you speak on TV and watched a lot of your interviews , and the words that come out of your mouth are so eloquent, I just can not get enough of your conversations. I find my self mesmerized every time. You truly are an amazing human being. May god continue to use your existence on this earth, you are so needed by so many .

I don’t ever comment but this man’s words and the entire discussion has me very inspired! Wow. I was raised very religious but not anymore. Having said that, bless this guy!! You were made for greatness my friend. Love from Chicago. 🫶🙌

When They See Us was so incredible!!!! I’ll never forget the tears I cried watching those episodes

Thank you for having him on your show. What a Blessing

I really like Yusef! His life testimony is so powerful. 🙌🏽🙏🏽

Can't express enough my respect for this man. He's wise and very empathic. Best wishes mr. Councilor.

This segment almost made my cry frfr 💯

This is a lovely man… You are a beautiful soul…💜

He is amazing. I wish I had had the strength and courage to forgive. People have done me wrong, but he is able to, and he’s been through way more than most others.

Bless you Dr. Yusef Salaam and your family please keep fighting for the rights of others!!! 👏👏👏👏

He's the first thing I've seen that makes me want to move back to my NYC?.

I remember when this happened in NYC. I was young, living in Ohio, and watched the national coverage this case got. I remember thinking something was off with this investigation…how they “found” those who attacked the jogger so quickly. I remember thinking they settled this case with speed and ease…and I wondered how? I remember watching Katie Couric interview the attacked jogger in 2003. I felt terribly bad for her (the attack was horrific) and, at the same time, I felt worse for those wrongfully arrested for this attack. Then I read the book, The Central Park Five (Sarah Burns) and later watched the documentary by Sarah and her father Ken. I believe in a justice system that works for ALL of us, but this case opened my naive eyes to the reality that is out there for black and brown people and how the criminal justice system uses tactics of manipulation against marginalized groups. Dr. Yusef Salaam is an American hero, success story and an amazing example of resilience. I am so glad he is a NYC council member and I wish him blessings in his 50th year…and the many years ahead of him!

Respect and love for this amazing humna being !!!!

This segment got me getting emotional

God bless those young men 🙏🏾❤️❤️❤️ Blessings Dr Yourself Salaam Peace be upon you 🙏🏾

I Love Yusef Salaam 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

Couldn’t finish the when they see us series…and haven’t gone back to watch. It was ALOT 😢

I’m so proud of him God bless Yusuf Salaam and congratulations Council Men Salaam

This man's character is defined by his strong sense of self-worth and the value he places on his own life and soul. He not only loves himself but also the rest of the world, despite being unjustly accused by them.

A remarkable man well done Sir!

God continue to bless Dr. Salaam!

Fantastic episode!!

Yusef Salaam came a long way 💯💯💯💯

How many others are at the hands of evil men... it's sick and sad what they went through and it sucks that we as black people have to always take the high road and endure just to get some praise. His grace and etiquette to this situation is amazing but honestly, it should have NEVER happened in the first place.

Masaallah our dear brother !

Wow! Powerful! I believe

A man of such grace. Amazing man

I remember that day and it's so good to see God's hands at work in this powerful man life Blessings

Wow I am speechless 🎉

I'm so proud of Yusef. May God continue to bless him.

Preach!!

How many ppl stood up for them? Who is standing up for them? Seeing black ppl wanting to vote for Trump and he never said sorry he was wrong is crazy

To all of the Sunny Hostin haters claiming she is racist and this and that listen to what she has to say here about racism 👏🏾👏🏾💯💯

Now why is NYC Councilman Dr. Yusef Salaam the only one frowning and mean mugging in his mugshot 😂 I'm just being silly but bravo NYC Councilman Dr. Yusef Salaam 👏🏾💯👏🏾💯

Nice segment

Wow, what a full circle moment. I remember watching this in real time. I was 19 years old when it happened. I will never forget that moment. I knew when they were first arrested watching the trial, they were innocent and were being railroaded by crooked cops this unbalanced judicial system in America. Sometimes we never know what God is taking us through to get to a place where we are meant to be, yet what those young boys now men suffered was beyond cruel and should be the main face of injustice in this country.

Wow! Great interview

STAND YOUR GROUND👏🏿

Great segment .

Right On!❤

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and New York City Councilman Dr. Yusef Salaam deserved the title "Dr." 👏🏾👏🏾💯💯

NYC Councilman Dr. Yusef Salaam handsome and has beautiful skin. He looks good for being 49 years old. 👏🏾

Glory to God‼️❤

Wow he is so well spoken. I have to watch that series on Netflix

All I can saw is WOW to this man

Black excellence 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

Happy Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

Revenge is mine❤❤ sayeth The Lord our God❤ KING of kings ❤ Lord of lords❤ Holy❤ Holy❤ Holy❤ Thankyou Jesus ❤ Emanuel God with us❤

And if more people read they would have a greater, informed view of our politicians.

Yusef Salaam is the same age as my mother so he was born in 1974

I wanted to see the photo with Yusef Salaam and the young child

The injustice bestowed upon these young men that I recalled the full story, thinking how it could have been me, my brother, any Black girl or young man. I still cannot bring myself to watch the movie,it pains my heart to watch the blatant injustice from the police ,to the lawyers , to the entire people of the system. The heartless treatment and false Accusations and wrongful questioning of minors. They broke every law and should be prosecuted. $41M doesn't pay for the life lost, at 14 years old because of racist discriminatory practices, and beliefs of another being. I can't watch the movie , the first 30 minutes Disgraceful!😠😡💔

WOW!!!

I don't think I've heard someone speak so eloquently since MLK.

Powerful

Black Excellence 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

Wow❤❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏🙏👍👍🖐️🖐️🥰🥰amazing proud of him

Hypocritically, everything that *Chester Cheato* accused those innocent Black teens of doing, he actually did himself! #LHU

Choosing to change the legacy of darkness inherited from our parents is a nobler path than perpetuating their misdeeds globally. The present generation of American leaders possesses the capacity to reform the unjust two-tier justice system, particularly detrimental to black and brown individuals, notably black men.

I am soooo scared ...my son that drives cautious, I am so relieved that he makes it home...

These inhumane stories are an embarrassment to the United States😢😢😢

With his mind in tack thank you Lord 😇🥰😍🙏

WOW! Someone at this table actually stood with Trump for years and forgot to apologize

SUNNY, GREAT QUESTION! ❤

It should not stop here. Why the investigators and prosecutors who are still alive not being prosecuted for serving gross injustice? They must serve time!

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Let's not be forget Trump's role in this Showing his racist views for all to be see

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Yusef Salaam is the same age as my mother

#BLACKEXCELLENCE!!!

The Central Park Five exonerated, resulted with the creation of Dr. Yusef Salaam NYC councilman...GOD is GOOD (all the time)👍👍👍👍👍🙏

Oh he planted seeds alright

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I'd love to see him get in touch with Johnny Hincapie, a white man who also spent decades in prison despite even the ones they caught truly guilty of the crime saying HE was NOT involved and yet still got swept up because their approach was to roll up the whole "wolf pack" of kids committing crimes. Hincapie was a literal altar boy never in trouble they got to "confess" (kind of, having fed him details supposed to make him a "witness," along the lines of how he knew his friends were guilty and even though he was on the stairs nowhere near them and didn't have any foreknowledge or idea what happened until a day or two later, when it was all over the news and neighborhood. That killing on the subway platform when a group of teens and Hincapie were going out to a club but a lot of them needed the $. He didn't, but his jeans (being in the 80s) were too tight to hold his wallet so had given it to a friend with cargo pants. Hincapie and another guy went ahead and weren't nearby when the horrible robbery gone wrong went down, and it shows why Hincapie wasn't suspicious. They were guys he knew from around the neighborhood and a couple counted as friends he thought he could trust, including the guy holding his wallet who didn't steal from Hincapie when he had the chance, so why would he think the guy was capable of robbery to steal from somebody else that would turn into murder? But that's what happened as their standard hold up of the clean-cut kid from Utah went wrong. Then a few days later, the altar boy is getting braced by police beating on him in a back room that he's a murdering thief or a witness, and he made the mistake of agreeing to lie as a witness using details fed to him by the cop--that they turned into a confession! Crime WAS out of control, but so were the methods the DA and police used to get as many of those in "packs" as they could, leading to A LOT of wrongful convictions! What was racist and what was just their methods? If Hincapie and he teamed up, maybe they could figure out how to get the wrongly convicted out of jail!!!

End the cradle to prison pipeline

Moving.

What about KORY??!

"Wrongly accused, convicted and now exonerated"? No. This is a narrative rooted in healthy doses of ignorance and emotion. "When They See Us" perpetuated both. With extraordinary success.

love him but i really wish he had answered the last question because he did not

Many people of color have been violated of the constitutional rights they have been judged regarding the color of their skin being black and brown police officers are able to use excessive deadly force violating because we are colored people. It is very upsetting when police officers break the law, they must be held accountable when they have been unfair and putting black and brown people in the system and how I would love ones to lose their freedom when they have not committed a crime is unfair. When people have a trial and discovery is not handed over and black and brown people go to jail and do stay time they make an example on our children, but we will continue to fight for justice and accountability, making sure the whole police officers accountable when they break the law and making sure there’s transparency and making sure we want with the system is doing and making sure we keep an eye open and making sure we get fair treatment because when you lose your freedom, you lost everything and not only hurts the victim. It is the whole entire family, and so no one should be above the law does every life matters and is just an accountability and transparency

Inspiring guest and program. Whoopi, you're old enough to know better! It's Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. not MLK I dare you to disrespect Dr. King!❤🖤💚

You should not be Representing Harlem. And You know it! Should be New Charges. Steven, Kevin, and Raymond should be Re-Charged.

When I see tRump…I see you. 😡💔🤬 I’m still angry!

I watched the full interview this man gave at the time of the crime and I think he is 100% guilty because of that.