NEW YORK (1010 WINS/WCBS 880) — Days before the vetoed How Many Stops Act returns to the New York City Council floor, councilmember Yusef Salaam said that he was pulled over by police in Harlem without being provided a reason. In response, the NYPD released a statement and body-worn camera footage of the incident.
In a statement describing the incident, the councilman canceled his NYPD ride along with Mayor Eric Adams that was scheduled for Saturday evening, and confirmed his support of the bill.
Salaam, of the exonerated “Central Park 5,” said that he was in the car with his wife and children on Friday night, listening in to a council call on speakerphone, when he was pulled over by police in Harlem.
“I introduced myself as Councilman Yusef Salaam, and subsequently asked the officer why I was pulled over. Instead of answering my question, the officer stated, ‘We’re done here,’ and proceeded to walk away,” Salaam’s statement said.
In response to the councilman’s claim, the NYPD released a statement that said Salaam was pulled over for driving with dark tint beyond legal limits. Police also provided the officer’s bodycam footage to corroborate the account.