Yusef Kirriem Hawkins, a 16-year-old African American teenager from East New York, Brooklyn, was tragically killed on August 23, 1989, in the predominantly Italian-American neighborhood of Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Hawkins and three friends had gone to Bensonhurst to inquire about a used car that was advertised for sale. Unbeknownst to them, a group of white youths, numbering between 10 to 30, had gathered in the area, armed with baseball bats and a handgun. The mob was reportedly lying in wait for
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