Hate Crime July 20, 2008
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Wow, this sort of news makes me sad for America. America is supposed to be better than this but apparently not. A man named Luis Ramirez was beaten to death by 6 teenagers in the town of Shenandoah, Pennsylvania. The following are quotes from the article from ABC News.
“From what we understand right now, it wasn’t racially motivated,” Nestor said. “This looks like a street fight that went wrong.”
Umm, no, a street fight is one thing. Ganging up on someone and leaving them one step away from death is another. Look at the picture below.
Luis Ramirez. This is the result of a hate crime. (Crystal Dillman/AP Photo)
Retired Philadelphia police Officer Eileen Burke, who lives on the street where the fight occurred, told The Associated Press she heard a youth scream at one of Ramirez’s friends after the beating to tell her Mexican friends to get out of Shenandoah, “or you’re going to be laying next to him.”
On Dillman’s fireplace mantel hangs a medallion of Jesus that Ramirez was wearing the night he was beaten. Ramirez had an imprint of the medallion on his chest, marking where an assailant stomped on him, she said.
The Garcias said they heard the youths call Ramirez “stupid Mexican” and an ethnic slur.
Burke, the former Philadelphia officer, said she saw shirtless youths swarming around Ramirez, called 911 and went outside, when she heard a youth yell obscenities and make the get-out-of-Shenandoah remark.
But do the people in the town choose to believe this. Take a look at the quote below to know.
Despite the witness statements, Borough Manager Joseph Palubinsky said he doesn’t believe Ramirez’s ethnicity was what prompted the fight: “I have reason to know the kids who were involved, the families who were involved, and I’ve never known them to harbor this type of feeling.”
Of course, the witnesses are lying. Yep. They are just out to ruin the kids who were defending themselves from the big scary Mexican illegal. OOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH look out, I’m also scary. I’m like boogie man, out to get you. I guess someone forgot to inform my girlfriend and friends that I’m scary, because all Mexicans are, right?
The people defending on this story are full of shit, it is that simple. They are defending kids because what, they are football players and win games. Because they know the families involved? All shit. The kids deserve to go to jail or more for the crime they committed. It doesn’t matter whether the person who is now dead was illegal or not, he was attacked by the simple fact of being Mexican. The man was stomped one and kicked in the head, how is that not a crime.
This article and event are disturbing beyond belief, I’m Mexican and I’ve always been afraid of something like this happening to me or my family. This is what happens when the immigration debate gets out context and everyone within group are labeled as demons, in this case, Latinos. I thought American was better than this.
The rest of the abomination is written in the following article by ABC News, the quotes and pictures belong to them.
This is so unbelievably sad. Everyday there is another horrible story about the violence and hatred that has taken this country over yet again. We still have so much work to do.
Stay in your own fuckin country, wetback!
Stop stealing out Healthcare, Public Education, and Tax Free Money!
Charming…
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Thanks for posting this. I feel a sense of loss. I can’t even imagine what it is like for his wife and kids, and what it must feel like for latinos living in small towns like Shenandoah PA. I am amzed that the popular media isn’t picking up on this. Where is the outrage?
Dear “I am a Shadow” :
The Legal Proceeding of the Murder Trial of victim Luis Ramirez, Killed in Shenandoah Pennsylvania in July 2008, in the most brutal form by a Gang of Teens.
Let’s see how things develop, because the defense lawyer is alleging that Luis Ramirez was a bad guy that attacked the Gang of Six Youngsters with Racial Slurs.
So the Gang proceeded in self-defense of this poor victim.
And that this was a common fight that ended in an accident.
This contradicts all the witnesses, even a White Retired Police officer that saw the attack from a window.
I am trying to understand all this violence, hatred and Gangs of Murderers by studying the past.
The Secret Societies of Murder :
The Crypteia in Ancient Greece, The Thugs of Goddess Kali in India, The Leopard Men in West Africa, even the Head Hunters offer clues at aggressive behaviour.
The more you study the Crypteia ( from Kryptos = secret ) the more you find analogies with the Ku Klux Klan, the Nazi Skinheads, etc…
And the authorities that protect crime are also of great interest. Remember that in the mentioned case the Department of Justice had to intevene against the most flagrant injustice.
Because the Shenandoah Authorities had fallen in the most Repugnant Complacency with the criminals and did not bother even to jail them in the first days of the aftermath.
I continue using my sites to do research on this case and these historic and anthropological studies of evil and murder.
Raciality.com
Murderor.com
Vicente Duque
The Legal Proceeding of the Murder Trial of victim Luis Ramirez, Killed in Shenandoah Pennsylvania in July 2008, in the most brutal form by a Gang of Teens.
Let’s see how things develop, because the defense lawyer is alleging that Luis Ramirez was a bad guy that attacked the Gang of Six Youngsters with Racial Slurs.
So the Gang proceeded in self-defense of this poor victim.
And that this was a common fight that ended in an accident.
This contradicts all the witnesses, even a White Retired Police officer that saw the attack from a window.
I am trying to understand all this violence, hatred and Gangs of Murderers by studying the past.
The Secret Societies of Murder :
The Crypteia in Ancient Greece, The Thugs of Goddess Kali in India, The Leopard Men in West Africa, even the Head Hunters offer clues at aggressive behaviour.
The more you study the Crypteia ( from Kryptos = secret ) the more you find analogies with the Ku Klux Klan, the Nazi Skinheads, etc…
And the authorities that protect crime are also of great interest. Remember that in the mentioned case the Department of Justice had to intevene against the most flagrant injustice.
Because the Shenandoah Authorities had fallen in the most Repugnant Complacency with the criminals and did not bother even to jail them in the first days of the aftermath.
I continue using my sites to do research on this case and these historic and anthropological studies of evil and murder.
Raciality.com
Murderor.com
Vicente Duque
First, please understand that my gut wrenches at the injustice of what happened to Mr. Ramirez and my condolences go out to his family. However, this is the SAME type of injustice that has taken place within the African-American community time and time and TIME again. I really wish that people would realize that this is not a BLACK problem. And I wish that people would realize that this is not a BROWN. This is an US (as in YOU and ME) problem. This is a WE problem. This should happen to NO person of ANY color in this country. I think that until Black folks and Brown folks acknowledge the similarities to our existences here in this country, we are going to continue to experience injustices such as these time and time again. Africans were brought over on boats in chains. Mexicans came north in search of a better life…….none of that matters! What matters is our current existence in this country NOW.
I learned of this incident from an organization called ColorOfChange.org. They send emails about injustices dealt to African Americans all the time, and prompt folks to send emails to necessary officials to stir change. They are calling the taking of Mr. Ramirez’s life the injustice that it is and asking for action…check them out and try to make a difference! It’s time for informed, enlightened Brown folks and Black folks to stand up and show a little bit of unity. The cultures are different, but the circumstances which we deal with in this country are very similar!