Long Island-based Newsday has been following the Marcelo Lucero murder in great detail, even sending a reporter to Ecuador to interview his friends and family. But some see coverage of this case, which involves a group of American youths who allegedly attacked and killed an immigrant, as too positive about immigration.
One Newsday reporter was thrown [...]
Backlash Against Newsday for Hate Crime Coverage
November 22nd, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: · anti-immigration, Columbia, Ecuador, hate crimes, Immigration, Long Island, Marcelo Lucero, Minutemen, Newsday, Patchogue, Steve Levy
Teens Charged with Hate Crimes in Immigrant’s Murder
November 20th, 2008 · No Comments
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Seven Long Island teenagers have been charged with hate crimes for the murder of an Ecuadorian immigrant earlier this month. The high school students were indicted today for an attack that ended with one of them stabbing Marcelo Lucero.
In a case that tops last summer’s murder of Mexican immigrant Luis Ramirez in Shenandoah, Pa., [...]
Tags: · anti-immigration, Columbia, Ecuador, hate crimes, Immigration, In an, Long Island, Marcelo Lucero, murder, Patchogue, Steve Levy