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Hate Crime
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ImmigrationProf Blog
Hate Crime Hearing Scheduled for Thursday
Dave Marcus reports in Newsday:A friend, Jose Morales, said Marcello Lucero rarely walked at night because he was afraid of being attacked by muggers who prey on Hispanics, but on…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Hate Crimes Against Latinos at New Record Levels
Last year, the FBI Hate Crimes Statistics Report found that crimes motivated by anti-Hispanic bias had risen dramatically over the past few years. This year’s updated report finds that anti-Latino…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Documentary on Hate Crimes After 9/11
Dean Harold Koh thinks this is an important film:Divided We Fall: Americans in the AftermathA film by Sharat Raju and Valarie KaurWHEN: Wednesday, September 17th, 7:00 to 9:30 pmWHERE: …
ImmigrationProf Blog
Charges Reduced in Hate Crime Case-Mexican Immigrant Victim
According to Democracy Now: In Pennsylvania, a district judge has thrown out first- and second-degree murder charges against a pair of teenagers accused of beating to death a Mexican immigrant…
ImmigrationProf Blog
MALDEF CALLS FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE IN WAKE OF HATE CRIME: Candlelight vigil will honor the life of Luis Ramirez
later today, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), the nation’s leading Latino civil rights organization, will hold a press conference in commemoration of 25-year old Luis Ramirez,…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Friend of Mexican Immigrant Beaten to Death in Pennsylvania Gives Eyewitness Account of Attack
Democracy Now! has an interview by Amy Goodman of a witness to the beating death of Luis Ramirez, a twenty-five-year-old Mexican immigrant. Ramirez was beaten to death last week by…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Undocumented Alien Victim of Hate Crime Beating
Immigrants are often the victim of hate crimes. Michael Rubinkam: Associated Press reports on a very unfortunate incident in Pennsylvania:Luis Ramirez came to the U.S. from Mexico six years ago…
EvidenceProf Blog
Prejudice And Prejudice: New Jersey Court Finds White Supremacist Evidence Admissible In Murder Case
By Colin Miller
Walter Dille Jr. is on trial in new Jersey for the murder of Cindy Cade, and African-American woman and mother of two. Now, pursuant to rulings by Superior Court Judge…
Labor Law Prof Blog
NY Law Bans Use of Nooses to Intimidate
Via The New York Times and AP:Gov. David Paterson signed legislation yesterday that will make it a felony to display a noose as a threat.The crime would be punishable by…
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
Connecticut Legislative Update: New “Discriminatory Practice” to Display Nooses
While the headlines have been focusing on criminal justice reform and now the state's projected deficit, a new "hate crime" bill (S.B. 604) got passed and became a public act (P.A.…