Marcelo Lucero

David Ramirez

Three Years After Hate Crime, Community Attempts Reconciliation

HuffingtonPost.com | David Ramirez | Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Hate Crimes, Video, Marcelo Lucero, Hate Crime, Immigration, Marcelo Lucero Case, Latino Immigrants, Suffolk County, Latino Voices News

Three years after Ecuadorean immigrant Marcelo Lucero was stabbed to death in a racially motivated attack in New York, residents and religious leaders...

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Not In Our Town Documentary On Marcelo Lucero Sparks Anti-Immigrant Discussion

AP | FRANK ELTMAN | Posted 11.19.2011

Read More: Video, Cultura, Hate Crimes, Latino Politics, Marcelo Lucero, Anti-Immigrant Violence, Hispanics, Anti-Immigrant, Latino Voices News

PATCHOGUE, N.Y. — Library assistant Gilda Ramos says she was stunned the first time Hispanics in her English language class told her that many had b...

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PBS 'Not In Our Town' Documentary Sparks Anti-Immigrant Discussion

AP | By FRANK ELTMAN | Posted 11.19.2011

Read More: Hate Crimes, Video, Cultura, Latino Politics, Marcelo Lucero, Marcelo Lucero Documentary, Anti-Immigrant Violence, Anti-Immigrant, Latino Voices News

By Frank Eltman, Associated Press PATCHOGUE, N.Y. -- Library assistant Gilda Ramos says she was stunned the first time Hispanics in her English lan...

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No One Is Exempt From The Responsibility To Combat Hate

Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy | Posted 11.19.2011

Read More: Decade After 9/11 - Renewal and Reimagining, Combat Hatred, Religious Tolerance, September 11 Anniversary, Not in Our Town Documentary, Marcelo Lucero Documentary, Interfaith Engagement, Marcelo Lucero, Marcleo Lucero Film, Interfaith Alliance, Religion News
Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy

The greatest tribute we can pay to those who needlessly have lost their lives to hate mongers is to encourage civility and to create a community in which hate is not acceptable. But we are not there yet.

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A Hate Crimes Commander Laid To Rest in Suffolk, But Questions Remain

Ted Hesson | Posted 10.11.2011

Read More: Long Island, Hate Crimes, Steve Levy, Suffolk County Police Department, Marcelo Lucero, Department of Justice, Robert Reecks, Southern Poverty Law Center, Splc, Justice Department, Suffolk County, Long Island Wins, New York News
Ted Hesson

Robert Reecks will be remembered as an accomplished leader within the Suffolk police department. But Reecks also faced criticism for his handling of hate crimes; specifically those perpetrated against Latinos.

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Steve Levy's Career May Be Over, But Hate Crime Questions Still Need to Be Answered

Ted Hesson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Marcelo Lucero, Hate Crime, Long Island, Hate Crimes, Robert Reecks, Steve Levy, Suffolk County, New York News
Ted Hesson

While it was crooked fundraising that torpedoed Levy's political career, the county executive continues to face scrutiny over his handling of hate crimes.

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Ecuadorians in New York Form Alliance Against Hate

David Noriega | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Marcelo Lucero, Ecuador, Hate Crimes, Queens, Immigration, Jose Sucuzhanay, Immigrants Rights, Alianza Ecuatoriana Internacional, Ny Impact, New York News
David Noriega

In September of 1994, an Ecuadorian immigrant was beaten to death in Brooklyn. At the time, Walter Sinche was struck by the absence of a Hispanic group to denounce the incident as a hate crime.

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Feud Over Hate Crime Enforcement on Long Island Signals Problems

Ted Hesson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Long Island, Hate Crimes, Patchogue, Undocumented Immigrants, Steve Levy, Marcelo Lucero, Robert Reecks, Immigration, Southern Poverty Law Center, Justice Department, Center for American Progress, Civil Rights, Suffolk County, New York News
Ted Hesson

Levy and his longtime hate crimes commander have embarked in a war-of-words, and the resulting feud serves as an indictment of the way Suffolk has handled such crimes.

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The Hypocrite's Oath: Latino Immigrants and Health Access in the Hamptons

Nisha Agarwal | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Marcelo Lucero, Health Care Reform, Immigrant Rights, Latino Immigrants, Health Care, New York City, Civil Rights, New York News
Nisha Agarwal

What are the factors that allow doctors to exhibit openly hate and bias, to take actions that actually threaten the lives and well-being of some category of their patients?

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Hate Crimes Against Immigrants in a Post-Racial Society

Arlene M. Roberts | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Patchogue, Anti-Defamation League, Bias Crimes, Ecuadorean Immigrants, Hate Crimes, Hate Crime Statistics Act, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, Nativism, Nativist Movement, National Council of La Raza, Nclr, Marcelo Lucero, Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund, Southern Poverty Law Center, Suffolk County, Suffolk County Police Department, Hcsa, Jeffrey Conroy, New York News
Arlene M. Roberts

Earlier this week jurors returned a guilty verdict in a trial on Long Island. The teenage defendant was convicted of manslaughter as a hate crime in ...

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Jeffrey Conroy Gets 25 Years For Marcelo Lucero's Hate Crime Stabbing

AP | FRANK ELTMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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RIVERHEAD, N.Y. — A teenager convicted of manslaughter as a hate crime in the killing of an Ecuadorean immigrant received the maximum sentence o...

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Jeffrey Conroy Trial: Teen Charged With Hate Crime Killing Of Marcelo Lucero

AP | FRANK ELTMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jeffrey Conroy, Murder, Hate Crimes, Murder Trial, Hate Crime Stabbing, Ecuador, Stabbing, Racist, Marcelo Lucero, Racism, New York, New York News

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. — The fatal stabbing of an Ecuadorean immigrant in November 2008 on Long Island was the culmination of a campaign of violence ag...

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Remembering Marcelo Lucero: One Year Later

Tom Watson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Marcelo Lucero, Immigration Reform, Immigration, Steve Levy, Barack Obama, Politics News
Tom Watson

A year ago Sunday, a group of teens left Marcelo Lucero bleeding and dying on a street in Patchogue, New York - with a knife wound to the chest. Lucer...

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Hispanic Man Beaten In Racially Charged Robbery

AP | JENNIFER PELTZ | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Marcelo Lucero, Hate Crime, Long Island, Long Island Hate Crimes, Hispanic Man Beaten, Patchogue, Hispanic, New York News

NEW YORK — A Hispanic man told investigators he was beaten and robbed in a racially charged attack in a Long Island community where another Hisp...

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Holder Pushes Hate Crime Bill in Wake of Recent Wave of Hate

Janet Murguía | Posted 05.25.2011

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Janet Murguía

Hate has always been present. But the recent spike in violence against immigrants is being fanned by the flames of the anger and hateful rhetoric being voiced in the debate over immigration.

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The Conservatives' Dangerous Game of Hate and Consequences

John Ridley | Posted 05.25.2011

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John Ridley

Empty of better ideas -- of any ideas -- of how to remain relevant, the reactionary wing of the conservative movement has chosen to quit faking respectability and get back to doing what they do best: cranking up the hate to eleven.

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Another Murdered: Pass the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act

Kety Esquivel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Latinos, Law, Law Enforcement, Hate Crimes, Jose Sucuzhanay, Brooklyn, Obama Administration, Obama Administration Challenges, Congress, Hispanics, Race, Romel Sucuzhanay, New York, Death, Racial Epithet, Ecuador, Immigration Reform, Latino Politics, Nclr, Online, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Marcelo Lucero, National Council of La Raza, Hate Speech, Long Island, Immigration Debate, Immigration Policy, Politics News
Kety Esquivel

NCLR has joined other civil rights and Latino leaders to urge Congress and the new administration to make passage of the "Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act" a priority.

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