1 1 th - century – 1 2 th - century ), ▁Spanish ▁ra bbi , ▁phil os opher , ▁lingu ist , ▁and ▁poet ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁" R ab bi ▁ben ▁Ez ra ", ▁a ▁poem ▁by ▁Robert ▁Brow ning ▁about ▁Abraham ▁ibn ▁Ez ra ▁( 1 0 9 2 – 1 1 6 7 ) ▁above ▁Ben ▁Ez ra ▁( disambiguation ) <0x0A> </s> ▁Y use f ▁Kir ri em ▁Haw kins ▁( also ▁sp elled ▁as ▁Y us uf ▁Haw kins , ▁March ▁ 1 9 , ▁ 1 9 7 3   – ▁August ▁ 2 3 , ▁ 1 9 8 9 ) ▁was ▁a ▁ 1 6 - year - old ▁black ▁te en ager ▁from ▁East ▁New ▁York , ▁Brook lyn ▁who ▁was ▁shot ▁to ▁death ▁on ▁August ▁ 2 3 , ▁ 1 9 8 9 , ▁in ▁B enson h urst , ▁a ▁pre domin antly ▁Italian - American ▁working - class ▁neighborhood ▁in ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁City ▁bor ough ▁of ▁Brook lyn . ▁Haw kins ▁and ▁three ▁friends ▁were ▁attacked ▁by ▁a ▁crowd ▁of ▁ 1 0 ▁to ▁ 3 0 ▁white ▁youth s , ▁with ▁at ▁least ▁seven ▁of ▁them ▁w ield ing ▁baseball ▁b ats . ▁One , ▁armed ▁with ▁a ▁hand gun , ▁shot ▁Haw kins ▁twice ▁in ▁the ▁ch est , ▁killing ▁him . ▁ ▁Inc ident ▁ ▁Haw kins ▁had ▁gone ▁to ▁B enson h urst ▁that ▁night ▁with ▁three ▁friends ▁to ▁in quire ▁about ▁a ▁used