NYPD Pulled Over a Councilmember Amid Heated Debate Over Police Stops

Days before the New York City Council was set to vote on a measure requiring more documentation on police stops, the NYPD pulled over a member of the body — and he said he was given no reason for the stop. Yusef Salaam, the newly elected councilmember representing Harlem’s Ninth District, said in a statement Saturday that he had been stopped by police the previous night while driving with his family. Salaam was wrongfully convicted and imprisoned and later exonerated as a member of the Central Park Five. “Last night,...