Paddy Duke Removed from WQHT Hot97 after being named in a murder allegation from 1989

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https://radioinsight.com/headlines/...-hbo-documentary-ties-him-to-1989-murder-mob/

Note Paddy Duke was convicted for the false imprisonment allegation

A mob that included Raucci thought they were part of a different group of Black teens headed to a party at the home of a local girl the mob believed had begun dating a Black man. The mob of ten with baseball bats would grow to thirty and Hawkins was shot twice in the chest and would soon die. Raucci was cleared of charges of of manslaughter and second-degree murder, but convicted on eight lesser counts including false imprisonment and sentenced to three years probation and a $200 fine.

https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.57484/...fired-for-involvement-in-yusef-hawkins-murder

NEW YORK, NY – The consequences from HBO’s Storm Over Brooklyn documentary highlighting the 1989 murder of Yusef Hawkins have crept their way into New York radio station Hot 97.

On Sunday (August 23), the 31st anniversary of Hawkins’ murder, the station announced in a statement they’d fired longtime executive Paddy Duke for his involvement in his death.


“After watching HBO’s Storm over Brooklyn, HOT97 was shocked and took swift action,” the statement read. “Paddy Duke is no longer employed by HOT97. The march for social justice continues.”