In December 1986, three black men experienced car trouble in Howard Beach, a predominantly middle-class neighborhood in New York City. Seeking assistance, they entered a nearby restaurant, only to be met with a shocking turn of events that would leave the entire city reeling.
Howard Beach: Making a Case for Murder
A group of three African American men, stranded with car trouble in a middle-class New York City neighborhood, took refuge in a local restaurant on a fateful December night in 1986.