Who Has Blood on Their Hands in Anti-Immigrant Murder?
It’s been a little over a week since a group of youth in Suffolk County took the life of Ecuadorian immigrant Marcelo Lucero, stabbing him to death in what law enforcement officers called “a hunt to beat up some Mexicans.” Seventeen-year old Jeffrey Conroy has been charged with a hate crime for his alleged role in the taking of Lucero’s life. Read more
Suffolk County Murder of Latino Man Deemed a Hate Crime
A man named Marcello was walking with a friend on Saturday night in Patchogue, Long Island. As they walked a car pulled up and seven young men got out and surrounded them. The teenagers, all 16 and 17 years old, hurled racial slurs at the two men before attacking them. Marcello’s friend managed to escape and run for help while Marcello tried to fight back. He was overpowered, beaten, and stabbed in the chest. 
By the time help arrived it was too late, Marcello had died. Now let me put this to you another way: on Saturday night a man on Long Island was lynched by a mob.
According to Assistant District Attorney Nancy Clifford in Central Islip, the seven suspects did not know Marcello Lucero or have any reason to harm him, in their own words they wanted to “find some Mexicans to f— up.” Read more
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