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GRAND JURY STEPS UP IN 'MIDGET-BASHING'
New York Post ^ | May 20, 2005 | Zach Haberman

Posted on 05/21/2005 12:44:48 PM PDT by kingattax

A grand jury made short order of a Brighton Beach man yesterday, indicting him for terrorizing his neighbors — a midget mother and daughter.

The Brooklyn Criminal Court indictment is still sealed, so it's unknown what charges Joseph Izzo, 40, will face.

He was busted last month on hate-crime charges for singing, "Hi-ho, hi-ho, it's off to work we go," and spewing racial epithets at 3-foot-8 Debra Shea and her 3-foot-6 daughter, Concelean Pegues.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: cary; hatecrime; midgets
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To: Xenalyte

Yup.


21 posted on 05/21/2005 2:06:52 PM PDT by Tax-chick (I'm a shallow, demagoguic sectarian because it's easier than working for a living.)
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To: kingattax

I hate the word "hate crime". It's an oxymoron from the political correct liberal leftist demoncRATS. Just like the word "irregardless" which isn't a word and is used frequently. Besides, I thought midgets prefer the words "little people".


22 posted on 05/21/2005 2:44:00 PM PDT by lilylangtree (Veni, Vidi, Vici)
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To: kingattax
He was busted last month on hate-crime charges for singing, "Hi-ho, hi-ho, it's off to work we go," and spewing racial epithets

Midgets are a race, now?

And since when do they hit people with 'hate crime' laws in the absence of any other charge?

23 posted on 05/21/2005 2:48:42 PM PDT by Lazamataz (Not Elected Pope Since 4/19/2005.)
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To: xJones
""He sang, 'Hi ho, hi ho, it's off to work we go' like we're dwarfs, not human beings,"

Midgets bad mouthing dwarfs?
24 posted on 05/21/2005 3:44:07 PM PDT by brooklin
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