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Teenager Charged with Hate Crime in Brooklyn Murder of Black Dancer O’Shae Sibley

HeadlineAug 07, 2023

Here in New York City, police have charged a 17-year-old with murder as a hate crime for the fatal stabbing of O’Shae Sibley at a Brooklyn gas station late last month. Twenty-eight-year-old Sibley, a Black gay man, was a dancer and choreographer. Sibley and his friends were dancing to Beyoncé’s “Renaissance” album as they filled up on gas on a Saturday night, when they were approached and harassed by a group of people who told them to stop dancing. The group yelled homophobic and racist slurs as the dancers defiantly carried on, before the teen stabbed O’Shae Sibley. Vigils and protests have taken place across the city since then. Mourners gathered at the Mobil station Friday where Sibley was killed, while others have posted videos of themselves vogueing in tribute to O’Shae Sibley.

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