Michael B. Jordan presents Central Park 5 with courage award

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Michael B. Jordan told the men known as the Central Park Five on Friday that he cannot watch footage of the new series When They See Us without getting emotional and feeling like as a young black man he too could have faced a similar ordeal.

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“Its dangerous in America when youre living in a black body,” Jordan said.

Jordan praised the men — Yusef Salaam, Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Raymond Santana, and Korey Wise — for their perseverance and courage during a luncheon in which the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California honored Netflixs series about their case.

“The whole time that these men were incarcerated, they never changed their story,” he said. “They insisted of their innocence even as they did their time.”

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Salaam cried as he accepted an award on behalf of series creator Ava DuVernay.

“Im not ashamed to cry in front of you,” Salaam said after a moment of silence as he reflected on how he and the other men were “just boys” between the ages of 13 and 16 years old when they were wrongfully convicted.

“Our story is a story of an egregious miscarriage of justice,” he added.

Jordan hugged Salaam, who also spoke on behalf of the five men.

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“Thats courage,” said Jordan, whose performances have ranged from his acclaimed portrayal of a young black man killed by a police officer in Fruitvale Station to the vengeful Erik Killmonger in Black Panther.

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