José Sucuzhañay Rally in Brooklyn
9:45 am By Maegan La Mala · Activism|Justice|New York City
15 Dec 2008
Yesterday there was a rally for the latest known Latino hate crime victim José Sucuzhañay.
Present at the rally were Latino city politicos including Congresswoman Nydia Velasquez , City Council member Diana Reyna and City Council member Melissa Mark-Viverito. Also present was Altagracia Mayi, activist and the mother of another hate crime victim, Manny Mayi.
Joselo Lucero, whose brother Marcelo was killed last month by a group of Long Island teenagers, was also among those who took part in the Bushwick vigil.
It is so important that the families of those touched by hate crimes be unified and be at the front lines of these struggles. It shoes how racist violence has a history (Mayi was killed in 1991) and how all of these crimes are connected, not just by racist hate that is not going away but also by a criminal (in)justice system that refuses to properly investigate and prosecute these crimes and treats them like isolated incidents.
Via / Blabbeando, Boy in Bushwick
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2 Responses to José Sucuzhañay Rally in Brooklyn
Ali
December 15th, 2008 at 2:17 pm
As long as you’re talking race, how about talking about the fact that it is three BLACK suspects who are being sought? And that anti-gay sentiment is also likely behind the attack? Or that one of the accused (and that’s what they are, accused, not convicted) in the Lucero case is Hispanic?
Maegan la Mala
December 16th, 2008 at 7:32 am
Ali, I don’t know if you are a regular reader or not but I have mentioned the anti-gay slurs used in the attack. As for if people of color were involved in these hate crimes as it aid they are, how does that change anything especially since in the wider scheme of race those attackers who were people of color are also subjected to racism and now have to deal with a racist criminal justice system.