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Beating of Black Man Wasn’t a Hate Crime, Latinos Say
March 13th, 2009Sunday’s brutal beat-down of a Black man by four Hispanics was not a hate crime, argues a Latino advocacy group. On Wednesday, members of the group, Hispanics Across America, rallied in front of the New York deli where, according to police, a group of Hispanics beat up 52-year-old Darryl Jackson while yelling racial slurs, reports Newsday. But the public is just getting half of the story, the group’s president, Fernando Mateo said. He says the attack wasn’t motivated by race at all, and that Jackson was actually the one who threw the first punch. Click here.
