City Councilman Yusef Salaam, member of ‘Central Park Five,’ says NYPD pulled over his car without explanation

City Councilman Yusef Salaam, a member of the exonerated “Central Park Five,” was stopped by the NYPD without explanation in Harlem — but cops said the “professional” and “respectful” interaction should be “commended.”

Salaam, who serves as Public Safety Chair on the Council, was driving with his wife and family Friday night when an officer pulled him over, according to his statement and footage of the encounter released by the NYPD.

“Last night, while driving with my wife and children and listening in to a call with my Council colleagues on speakerphone, I was pulled over by an NYPD officer in my beloved Village of Harlem within the 28th Precinct,” Salaam said in a statement Saturday.

“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 was pulled over while driving a “blue sedan with a Georgia license plate for driving with dark tint beyond the legal limits, a violation of New York State law,” the NYPD said in its own statement on X.

“The officer approached the vehicle, identified himself, and asked the driver to roll down his window,” the NYPD statement reads.