Yusef Hawkins
The death of Yusef Hawkins was a racially-motivated case of mistaken identity. Hawkins and friends traveled to the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn to inquire about a used car. Instead, the 16-year-old encountered an angry white mob who were looking for Black or Hispanic youth that was dating a neighborhood girl. Hawkins was shot in the chest by Joseph Fama, but his accomplice, Keith Mondello walked.