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There’s
a
big
buzz
right
now
about
Trump
serving
McDonald’s
french
fries
to
fake
McCustomers.
Cute
PR
move,
but
it
is
a
little
too
close
to
election
day
to
get
caught
up
in
camera
shutters.
But
do
you
know
what’s
evergreen?
Lawsuits!
Reuters
has
coverage:
The
five
Black
and
Hispanic
teenagers
who
were
wrongfully
convicted
for
the
1989
rape
of
a
white
jogger
in
New
York’s
Central
Park
sued Donald
Trump
for
defamation
on
Monday
over
statements
he
made
at
last
month’s
U.S.
presidential
debate.Trump,
the
Republican
nominee
for
the
White
House,
falsely
said
at
the
Sept.
10
debate
with
Democrat
Vice
President
Kamala
Harris
that
the
Central
Park
Five
had
killed
a
person
and
pleaded
guilty.The lawsuit
filed
in
federal
court
in
Philadelphia
by
Yusef
Salaam,
Raymond
Santana,
Kevin
Richardson,
Antron
Brown
and
Korey
Wise,
called
Trump’s
statements
“demonstrably
false.”
Salaam
is
now
a
member
of
the
New
York
City
Council.
In
case
you
aren’t
familiar,
the
Central
Park
5
were
accused
of
assaulting
and
raping
a
jogger
in
1989.
Trump
proceeded
to
buy
ads
in
newspapers
saying
that
they
should
get
the
death
penalty.
They
were
exonerated
in
2002
after
DNA
evidence
and
someone
else’s
confession
showed
they
weren’t
to
blame.
Despite
this,
Trump
opted
not
to
apologize
for
needlessly
dragging
their
reputations
through
the
mud.
No
clue
why
he
decided
to
double
down
on
falsehoods
5
years
later,
but
hitting
him
in
his
pockets
is
as
good
a
response
as
any.
Central
Park
Five
sue
Trump
for
defamation
over
debate
remarks
[Reuters]
Chris
Williams
became
a
social
media
manager
and
assistant
editor
for
Above
the
Law
in
June
2021.
Prior
to
joining
the
staff,
he
moonlighted
as
a
minor
Memelord™
in
the
Facebook
group Law
School
Memes
for
Edgy
T14s.
He
endured
Missouri
long
enough
to
graduate
from
Washington
University
in
St.
Louis
School
of
Law.
He
is
a
former
boatbuilder
who
cannot
swim, a
published
author
on
critical
race
theory,
philosophy,
and
humor,
and
has
a
love
for
cycling
that
occasionally
annoys
his
peers.
You
can
reach
him
by
email
at [email protected] and
by
tweet
at @WritesForRent.