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Southern Poverty Law Center Report Tells What Latinos in Suffolk County Know and Live
5:21 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Immigration| New York| Violence · 2 Comments
2 Sep 2009
Todos somos Marcelo Lucero. We are all Marcelo Lucero.
That’s the reality that Latino immigrants in Suffolk County, New York have been living with for a while now. Just two weeks ago, another life was nearly lost in the Long Island community of Patchogue. The idea of immigration reform coming in 2010 offers no comfort for those, who according to a report to be relased later today live in a : Climate of Fear: Latino Immigrants in Suffolk County, N.Y.
The report will show what those of us who live in immigrant communities have been saying for years, that as new groups move in, especially immigrants of color, residents are less than welcoming. Instead of making room for us in that melting pot, we are run off the road, beaten, killed.
So while the Obama administration postures behind all the Latino names it has brought into the beltway, off the Long Island Expressway, those with Spanish last names live in fear of losing their lives.
I look forward to reading the full report (I think the gmail failure of yesterday put me behind on getting an early copy). Pero at 10:30 this morning there will be a press conference in Hauppauge to release the report and to announce a bilingual hotline – (800) 328-2322 set up by LatinoJustice-PRLDEF to take calls from victims and witnesses of crimes, especially hate crimes, on Long Island against Latinos.
The Problem With Comprehensive Immigration Reform Messaging: Almost Marcelo Lucero
9:11 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Immigration| New York| Violence · 1 Comment
17 Aug 2009
While many from D.C. and the internetosphere were at Netroots Nation discussing messaging and Comprehensive Immigration Refrom, another Latino was attacked and in the same ‘hood where Marcelo Lucero was murdered.
From AP:
NEW YORK — A Hispanic man told investigators he was beaten and robbed in a racially charged attack in a Long Island community where another Hispanic was killed in an alleged hate crime last fall, police said.
The latest incident happened around 11:30 p.m. Friday in Patchogue, where the earlier attack prompted a U.S. Department of Justice investigation into allegations of hate crimes on eastern Long Island.
The victim in the latest episode told investigators that three young white men called him over and engaged him in conversation as he walked along Division Avenue in Patchogue, about 50 miles east of Manhattan.
One man then hit him in the face and knocked him to the ground, and the three stole cash and other items from him while making disparaging remarks about his ancestry, he told police. Police didn’t release his name and age, and they said Sunday that they didn’t immediately know whether he had been taken to a hospital.
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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- Mangos With Chili Presents Beloved: A Requiem for Our Dead in the Bay Area Tonite & Nov. 15th
- Vigil for Marcelo LuceroThis Evening in Patchogue, Long Island, NY
- VL At The Cine: The Fourth Kind
- Rihanna interview
- One of Marcelo Lucero’s Attackers Pleads Guilty
- Remembering Marcelo Lucero : One Year Later, The List of Hate Crimes Grows Longer
- Rihanna Speaks
- A Message To Maine
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