Another Hate Crime?

On January 21, 2009, a Columbian man, Wilter Sanchez, was brutally attacked in North Plainfield, New Jersey by five men. According to Sanchez, the men called him a "Hispanic son of a bitch" and tried to beat him to death. Sanchez has undergone surgery at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital to rebuild his fractured cheekbones, forehead, nose, and jaw and to treat contusions in his skull. Doctors say that Sanchez is lucky to have survived the attack. 


Sanchez and his cousin, Fernando Quincha, were walking toward a restaurant when a car filled with young men stopped near them. The men began to get out of the car. Fearing an attack, Sanchez and his cousin started running in different directions, but before getting too far, Sanchez fell. Five men proceeded to kick him in the face and shout racial slurs.

Somerset County has arrested five suspects on theft charges. As of this writing, they have not been charged with assault.

The assault is a possible hate crime.

The Colombian consul in New York, Francisco Noguera-Rocha, has condemned the "brutal attack" and has asked the New York Coalition of Latin American Councils to speak out against this type of aggression toward the Latino community.

Sanchez's case is not an isolated incident. In December 2008, José Sucuzhañay was beaten to death in Brooklyn. One month earlier, Marcelo Lucero was brutally murdered in Long Island. Both have been labeled hate crimes.

After Lucero's death, more than twenty Latinos came forward to report similar attacks on their person, and the Department of Justice has begun an investigation as a result of these reports.

The National Council of La Raza (NCLR) has raised concerns that such acts of violence are in part due to the vitriolic rhetoric that surrounds local immigration law enforcement. When public officials echo the words of hate groups and demonize our community as a threat, they create a climate of hate that empowers private citizens to take matters into their own hands.

Sanchez's attack is not the first, but let's work together to make sure that it is the last. 



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[vicenteduq]

Thanks for your fight for Kindness, Compassions and Peace.

Recently : A Latino was left brain damaged after attack in Hemet California.

More murders against Hispanics in 2009, in this case Cape Verdeans that speak Portuguese, so we can call them Iberians, and the language that they speak comes from Latin, almost the same as Spanish, so we can call them Latinos or Hispanics from Hispania ( Roman Province ).

Cape Verdean community mourns several People killed by Racial Hatred. Brutal Racial Murders in Brockton, Massachusetts.

Loving Father, Husband and Friend. See the Victim's Photos. "Always a Happy Man, 72 years, Always a Lover of Music".

A Racial Murder Spree - Murderer also killed a Creole Woman. Determined to kill as many non Whites as Possible.

More than 50 mourners were at St. Edith Stein Church in Brockton this morning for the funeral Mass for Arlindo Goncalves, a 72-year-old cit...

There are more Creole People killed in Brockton, Massachusetts in 2008. And it seems that other Black People were shot in 2008. But this needs more research.

So New York City, North Plainfied New Jersey, and Now Brockton are in Competition of Racial Murder. Every City shows at least 3 Racial Murders in recent months.

I report many hate crimes against Latinos, Blacks, Asians, Gays, Lesbians, etc ...

My main site is RACIALITY.COM :

http://raciality.blogspot.com

Crimes against Women and Children in General :

http://murderor.blogspot.com

Vicente Duque

[Jjr37]

It's easy for LaRaza to make such comments but their own stance and lack of comprimse is part of the problem. If your an immigrant Latino you get to pick and choose what laws to follow, no immigration laws of course, demand all the benefits of the US once you get over the border, and then god forbid you learn to speak English. If your an immigrant Latino then groups like LaRaza demand everything and provide nothing and this is where people get frustrated. No border enforcement? Come on. Of course beating up a guy walking down the street is horrid and these guys belong in jail. But maybe if people coming over actually tried to be follow some immigration laws, try to learn what it is to be an American and not have the audacity to demand their "rights" an actual compromise might be worked out. But get in line behind the legal immigrants first.