Police pursue lead in Brooklyn racial murder case
Detectives head to Oneonta to pursue a lead on Joseph Fama, a suspect in the racial killing of Yusef Hawkins, who was 16, shot Aug. 23 in Bensonhurst as he and three friends, all black, visited a used car lot. Protests followed the slaying, the city’s worst racial violence since 1986.
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Crack assertions spark questions about D C mayor
Charles Lewis a former city personnel worker told federal authorities he and Mayor Marion Barry smoked crack cocaine at a hotel in December and in the Virgin Islands. Other witnesses reportedly corroborate the Virgin Islands claim and investigators seek more witnesses. Barry denies drug use and has said he knew nothing of drugs at the Ramada Inn. Prosecutors have said perjury charges are possible but not pursued yet.
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