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More on 20 Year NYC Hate Crime Against Manny Mayi
9:43 am By Maegan La Mala · Immigration|New York City · Comments Off
30 Mar 2011Today is the actual date, 20 years later, that 19 year old Manny Mayi was chased 14 blocks and beaten to death the whole way, by a group of racist young men in Corona, Queens.
Today, Manny Mayi’s mother, Altagracia, will go to where her son lost consciousness, never to wake up, and lay flowers on the corner that now bears his name, 108th Street and 36th Avenue.
The hate motivated crime that occurred in 1991 has stood as placeholder of injustice for the Latino community in Queens and NYC as a whole. As hate crimes against Latinos rise again across the country, it is way too easy to fall into a sort of collective forgetting, a thinking that this growing fear and violent response to the changing face of neighborhoods across the U.S. happens only once in a while. But our collective community history, knows better.
Here is a video from the rally held last Sunday in front of One Police Plaza in NYC featuring Martha Laureano Perez from the Justice Committee, the organization that has been working with the Mayi family since the crime happened (and full disclosure – I once led the JC).
Martha Laureano Perez of the Justice Committee, NYC on the 20th Anniversary of Hate Crime Killing of Manny Mayi Jr. from VivirLatino on Vimeo.
Martha Laureano Perez, of the Justice Committee NYC, speaks in front of 1 Police Plaza NYC on the relevance of the Manny Mayi Jr. hate crime case 20 years later and the commitment required to support the struggle for justice.
20 Years Later Hate Crime Feels Like Yesterday for Dominican Mother
11:04 am By Maegan La Mala · Immigration|New York City · 1 Comment
28 Mar 2011Normally around the anniversary of her son’s death, Altagracia Mayi marches from where he lost his life in Corona, Queens and retraces the multiple blocks 19 year old Manny was chased while being beaten with bats in 1991. This year she will visit the corner named after him, 108th Street and 36th Avenue but first this past Sunday, she made a stop in front of One Police Plaza in NYC. She had a few things to say to Police Commissioner Ray Kelly.
Altagracia Mayi on the 20th Anniversary of the Hate Crime that Killed her Son, Manny from VivirLatino on Vimeo.
Dominican immigrant Altagracia Mayi speaks out in front of One Police Plaza, NYPD HQ in New York City on the 20th anniversary of the the hate crime that killed her son. Altagracia and the Justice Committee are demanding a meeting with NYC Police Commissioner Kelly and a special prosecutor, given how the current Queens’ DA, Richard Brown, was complicit in not properly prosecuting the case.
Kelly sent a letter to the Dept. of Justice requesting that they intervene and open a case against some of the accused for violating Manny Mayi Jr.’s civil rights. The Feds told Altagracia that they couldn’t because the statute of limitations has expired. Altagracia is now seeking a meeting with Kelly so that the case be reopened locally. Additionally she is seeking a meeting with NY Governor Andrew Cuomo.
19 Years Without Justice for Young Dominican Killed in NYC Hate Crime
6:49 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Dominicans|Events|Immigration|New York City|Violence · 1 Comment
27 Mar 2010
While the trial against those who are accused of murdering Ecuadorian immigrant Marcelo Lucero wages on in Long Island, the memory of Manny Mayi Jr. and the relentless search for justice by his mother, Altagracia, is a reminder to the Latino community, and all communities that there is no expiration date in the struggle for our children.
March in Memory of Manuel Mayi Killed Brutally by a Racist Group
108th Street and 36th Avenue
(7 train to 111th Street)
2pm
March 27th, 2010
Manny was an 18-year-old Queens College honor student, Manny Mayi, was murdered in a racist attack on March 29, 1991. The young Dominican man was walking home in, what was then, the Italian section of Corona Queens when a gang of white youth chased him down 108th street. Manny’s life ended 16 blocks later when he was beat with pipes and baseball bats. The medical report listed as the cause of death: fracture of skull, and contusions of the brain due to blunt force impact.A report released by the Justice Committee found that police refused to drive around witnesses who wanted to identify the gang members who allegedly committed the violent act. The report also says police failed to secure a key witness and allowed her to flee the country; in addition, the D.A. postponed the case 47 times and did not keep the family informed about any developments. Of the three arrested, Joseph Celso was the only one who stood trial, but was soon acquitted.
We want to put pressure on the city, state and federal government showing that someone killed in the hands of racism will not be tolerated!!! Please join this family’s fight for EQUAL PROTECTION UNDER THE LAW.
Rally at 2pm where Manny was killed and step off to march at 3pm.
Justice Committee, P.O. Box 1885 NY NY 10159-1885
(212) 614-5343
On a more personal note, this happened in a neighborhood I grew up in and the neighborhood where my children grew up in. Altragracia Mayi came to my older daughter’s first birthday party. This is history, this is the future of my children, this is familia.
One Mother’s Wish
8:55 am By Maegan La Mala · Activism|Dominicans|New York City|Women · Comments Off
12 May 2006
Altagracia Mayi, a Dominican immigrant, has had the same mother’s day wish since 1991, justice for her son Manny. 15 years ago, on March 29, 1991, Manny Mayi Jr., a Queens College honor student, was chased for 16 blocks and beaten to death by a gang of 10 white youths in his neighborhood of Corona, Queens, NYC. Not one of the attackers has been brought to justice despite numerous witness reports. There is also evidence that some of the attackers may have had mafia connections and after the attack were aided in leaving the country. The New York City Police Department refused to label the crime a hate crime despite a history of attacks on Latinos by whites in the racially mixed neighborhood. The police also claim that Manny was beaten up because he was engaged in writing graffiti in the neighborhood, although there has been no evidence to support this claim.
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