Posted on 04/14/2016 10:34:45 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
It takes about three minutes to walk from the lowbrow Emporium nightclub where Donald Trump is being feted at a Republican fundraiser on Thursday night to the unmarked spot on the sidewalk in Patchogue where Marcelo Lucero died after being attacked by a pack of white teenagers in 2008, just days after Barack Obama became America’s first black president.
Lucero, 37, who worked at a local dry cleaner, was set upon by seven youths engaged in “hunting Latinos” and his killing was prosecuted as a hate crime.
“There are dozens and dozens of venues in this county where the local Republican party could hold this event and they have chosen the very road that is stained with Marcelo’s blood,” said Allan Ramirez, a retired local pastor and community organizer, standing next to the fence where Lucero had collapsed as he tried to get away from his attackers.
Ramirez said he had been “shattered” by the homicide at the time and had struggled to comfort Lucero’s family and the large local Ecuadorian community that had complained of years of slurs and violence in the town.
“Donald Trump has the right to speak, he just doesn’t have the right to spew the kind of hatred and rhetoric he has been promoting and which was going around at the time and led to Marcelo’s death. This presidential election is not a reality show,” he said....
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
You’re probably right. If walls could talk, we would be scandalized or at least disgusted. Every corner of the earth has a history of some sort, not all history is pleasant or even fair.
In 2853 BC Trump advocated Babylonia invading Ur but in 2247 BC he advocated for Ur over Babylonia. What a hypocrite!
HOW ABOUT....NO SPEECHES WHERE SOME ####### ###### Obama son or illegal killed a white, Asian, Hispanic or black man or woman!!
That leaves out ALL of Manhattan!!!!!
@#$@#$ you!!!!!!!!!
sorry. Sicilian temper and all.
No, but this article sure is. What ridiculous drek!
Why was it even posted?
Darn, did I forget to FReepmail you asking for permission?
.....good little brown shirt, now go collect your $50 and go find another reporter
Why was it even posted?
Because 2DV likes to endless spam the forum with feeble Trump-hating propaganda.
Then Trump supporters angrily reply and the anti-Trump headline gets splattered on the "Latest Posts" list.
This gives 2DV satisfaction somehow.
That's the only reason I can see, because winning friends and influencing people certainly isn't going to happen as a result of any of the dreck 2DV posts...
Ecuadorians are generally very nice people and nothing like the trash being dumped on us by Mexico and Central America.
However, I see no reason why this man’s death should be linked to Trump in any way, other than it’s nasty politics by the Democrats.
I'm getting so tired of this question being posted on FR lately. Articles -- whether you agree with them or not -- are posted so we all know what people -- even though they might not be people we agree with -- are thinking.
This is the BASIC mission of a forum. Free Republic is the best forum on the 'net.
Things are posted so they can be cheered, roasted, blasted, whatever. That's what this place does.
Well if you're going to post crap this lame maybe you should. You realize the premise of your article is that Trump is a racist because a Latino was murdered eight years ago blocks away from his speech tonight? Good Lord!
So you didn’t bother to read post #1?
You are arguing with a Cruzlim who works as a bundler for Lying Ted. He’s all in with the cult so don’t expect coherence.
Fine. What I'm thinking is that this article is too egregiously inflammatory, slanderous and outright stupid to be posted. That's my opinion, whether you agree with it or not. And if you need a hint why, read my post at #11.
I'm getting so tired of this question being posted on FR lately.
And I'm getting tired of the mindless, hateful slander that amounts to nothing more than vacuous, childish and Clintonian-level bumper stickers against Trump that are obviously written by Leftist hacks.
If that's your position, why post it?!
I don’t answer to you. You’re a guest here, just as I am.
Heat, kitchen, you know the drill.
I did read it. I admit to generally passing by your posts but did look at this one. I was pleasantly surprised by your comment and am happy to say so.
Funny, based on your previous post, seems that that's my line.
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