VivirLatino

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