HBO PREMIERE “YUSUF HAWKINS: STORM OVER BROOKLYN”
Clip: 8/11/2020 | 18m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
HBO PREMIERE “YUSUF HAWKINS: STORM OVER BROOKLYN”
Thirty years ago, a black teen, Yusuf Hawkins was fatally shot after being chased by a white mob in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. The murder tore the neighborhood and an already racially polarized city- apart. Today that tragedy, and the Hawkins family’s long fight for justice, has gained new resonance. A new HBO documentary “Yusuf Hawkins: storm over Brooklyn”, revisits the 1989 murder incident.
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HBO PREMIERE “YUSUF HAWKINS: STORM OVER BROOKLYN”
Clip: 8/11/2020 | 18m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
Thirty years ago, a black teen, Yusuf Hawkins was fatally shot after being chased by a white mob in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. The murder tore the neighborhood and an already racially polarized city- apart. Today that tragedy, and the Hawkins family’s long fight for justice, has gained new resonance. A new HBO documentary “Yusuf Hawkins: storm over Brooklyn”, revisits the 1989 murder incident.
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