More responses to hate crimes
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- November
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Anti-Latino hate crimes are prompting action around the New York area, including an awareness campaign starting up in Rockland County. On Saturday, a vigil will mark the one-year anniversary of the stabbing death of Marcelo Lucero on Long Island. Today, one of seven teen-agers accused in the attack pleaded guilty.
Lucero’s family is collecting money for a memorial scholarship for students at Patchogue-Medford High School, according to a press release, and for the transport of a peace mural to Lucero’s home town of Gualaceo, Ecuador.
The Rockland Immigration Coalition, which marked its 10 anniversary last month, began an anti-hate crime task force in response to a string of incidents. Most recently, three teen-agerswere charged with hate crimes in the robbery of a Hispanic man in Spring Valley. Rockland District Attorney Thomas Zugibe met with the coalition recently to explain what constitutes a hate crime in New York.
Gail Golden, co-chair of the coalition, says the task force wants to work with the education and law enforcement systems to promote awareness.
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One of Marcelo Lucero’s attackers just pled guilty:
http://www.longislandwins.com/blog/in_the_news/one_of_marcelo_luceros_attacke.php