Exonerated Central Park Five councillor to speak at Democratic convention – report

New York City councillor Yusef Salaam may appear, highlighting Donald Trump's history of racist rhetoric

Yusef Salaam, a New York City councillor who was wrongly jailed for a notorious rape in the city's Central Park, has reportedly been invited to address next week's Democratic national convention in Chicago in a move that could highlight Donald Trump's key role in the case and history of racially charged rhetoric.

Salaam was one of the Central Park Five", a group of Black and Hispanic teenagers who were convicted of attacking and raping Trisha Meili, a 28-year-old investment banker, while she was jogging in April 1989.