Crime & Safety

Brooklyn Residents Ask Obama to Free Hassan Razzaq, 'Abused' Teen Who Killed His Dad

Razzaq's friends and family say he reached a breaking point after years of abuse.

Members of Brooklyn’s Razzaq family and their supporters are asking U.S. President Barack Obama that the family’s eldest son, 19-year-old Hassan Razzaq, be pardoned for killing his 56-year-old father, Mohammad.

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