BROOKLYN, N.Y. — When Yusuf Hawkins, a Black 16-year-old, was shot and killed in Brooklyn in 1989 as he went to purchase a car, the crime set off months of angry protests. Now, the man convicted in ...

*”Yusef Hawkins: Storm Over Brooklyn,” directed by Muta’Ali Muhammad (“Life’s Essentials with Ruby Dee”) and debuting Wednesday, Aug 12 (9:00-10:40 p.m. ET/PT), tells the story of Yusuf Hawkins, the ...

In 1989, after a white mob attacked and killed a black teenager in Brooklyn, the Rev. Al Sharpton led black demonstrators down streets where angry whites confronted them, yelling obscenities and ...

Thirty-five years ago this month, 16-year-old Yusef Hawkins hopped off the 20th Avenue subway in Bensonhurst, a neighborhood in Brooklyn, to view a used car for sale. He would never make it back home.

Yusuf Hawkins: Storm Over Brooklyn (9 p.m., HBO) - This original documentary tells the story of Yusuf Hawkins, a black teenager who was murdered in 1989 by a group of young white men in Bensonhurst, ...

Newsday TV critic Verne Gay talks to Muta’Ali, who directed HBO's documentary "Yusuf Hawkins: Storm Over Brooklyn" debuting on Aug. 12. It tells the story of Hawkins, a Black teenager who was murdered ...

Photo credit: Moses Stewart and Diane Hawkins grieve over the slaying of their son Yusuf Hawkins; Nicole Bengiveno/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images When Yusuf Hawkins, a Black 16-year-old, was ...

NEW YORK (AP) — In 1989, after a white mob attacked and killed a black teenager in Brooklyn, the Rev. Al Sharpton led black demonstrators down streets where angry whites confronted them, yelling ...