'Central Park 5' members file defamation lawsuit against Donald Trump over comments during ABC News debate

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : During the debate, Trump was responding to a statement from Vice President Kamala Harris in which she revisited his full-page ad in The New York Times in the wake of the incident that called for the execution of the Central Park Five when he said the following: "[T]hey come up with things like what she just said going back many, many years when a lot of people including Mayor [Michael] Bloomberg agreed with me on the Central Park Five.
45% : and, "Sir, what do you say to a member of the Central Park Five, sir?"Trump reportedly responded to him at one point, "Ah, you're on my side then," to which Salaam responded, "No, no, no, I'm not on your side.
36% : Attorneys representing the five men -- Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana, Kevin Richardson, Antron Brown and Korey Wise -- filed their civil suit against Trump in federal court in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, seeking monetary damages over his statements, which they say have caused them "severe emotional distress and reputational damage.
34% : According to the court filing, one of the Central Park Five members, Salaam, was actually present at the debate and sought to confront Trump over his statements in the spin room afterward.
19% : Salaam says he repeatedly shouted questions to Trump, saying, "Will you apologize to the Exonerated Five?"

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