Posted on 01/09/2009 2:24:33 PM PST by BBell
THIBODAUX, La. (AP) — Two 17-year-olds from Lafourche Parish were charged with hate crimes after allegedly making threats against a shipyard worker because of his nationality, the Sheriff's Office said.
Glenn Wilson Jr. of Lockport and Spenser Dominique of Larose, were also charged with attempted robbery and aggravated assault after confronting Vasile Suler, a 51-year-old native of Romania who works at North American Shipyard.
Police say the suspects confronted Suler Saturday as he walked from the shipyard to the Larose Truck Stop. A passer-by, who saw Suler running from his alleged attackers, picked him up and called police.
A crime is considered a hate crime if the victim was selected because of race, age, gender, religion, color, creed, disability, sexual orientation, national origin or ancestry.
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The victim was Romanian so the attackers were probably Yugoslavian.
Wilson and Dominique. Traditional Yogoslavian names.
A crime is considered a hate crime if the victim was selected because of race, age, gender, religion, color, creed, disability, sexual orientation, national origin or ancestry
Based on this description every crime of misdeameanor and felony would have to be a hate crime.........
rapists- select victim based on gender
Muggers - select victims based on age
muggers elect victims based on disability
burglarers select victims based on age and gender
Pedohiles - selct victims based on age
child molesters select victims based on gender and age
and on and on...............
Probably a gypsy. I know a good amount of people from that part of the world.
They could be Hungarian or Bulgarian.
Back in high school I was at a mostly black school. We were playing a team from Lafourche when one of their players refused to shake hands with a guy from my school after the game and called him a slur.
There was a near riot as both teams took to fighting.
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