Civil rights groups condemn hate crimes.SEVERAL NATIONAL civil rights organizations stepped up to denounce de·nounce tr.v. de·nounced, de·nounc·ing, de·nounc·es 1. To condemn openly as being evil or reprehensible. See Synonyms at criticize. 2. To accuse formally. 3. a spate of hate crimes against Latinos. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The collective action--headed by the National Council of La Raza The National Council of La Raza (NCLR) is the largest Hispanic advocacy organization in the United States. The NCLR was founded in 1968 as a nonpartisan nonprofit organization dedicated to reducing discrimination and poverty and to improving the lives and economic opportunities of , the National Urban League, the Anti-Defamation League Anti-Defamation League B’nai B’rith organization which fights anti-Semitism. [Am. Hist.: Wigoder, 33] See : Anti-Semitism , MALDEF MALDEF Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund , and other groups--was spurred by the murder of Marcelo Lucero (pictured here), a young Ecuadorian man who was stabbed to death by a group of teenagers in Long Island. Lucero's seven assailants were high school students who referred to their pastime of harassing Latino immigrants as "beaner hopping." The seven teens have pled not guilty to charges of felony gang assault. Since Lucero's death, a dozen Latino men in Long Island's Suffolk County Suffolk County may refer to:
In response to the public outrage, Long Island authorities have been forced to open a criminal investigation into previously ignored reports of hate crimes and anti-immigrant assaults. |
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