Hawk Newsome, born Walter Newsome, is a prominent activist and co-founder of New York Black Lives Matter (BLM) Inc., a group he established with his sister, Chivona Newsome.

Meanwhile, Walter ‘Hawk’ Newsome, a BLM leader who says he is Jordan Neely’s uncle and was in the courtroom every day of the trial, appeared to threaten Penny after the verdict was read.

The U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of New York recently prosecuted a man from Georgia. Devon Newsome, 32, of Forrest Park (just south of Atlanta) was sentenced to 60 months in prison on ...