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Civil rights groups condemn hate crimes.(NEWS)

Colorlines Magazine

| March 01, 2009 | Hing, Julianne Ong | COPYRIGHT 2009 Color Lines Magazine. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

SEVERAL NATIONAL civil rights organizations stepped up to denounce a spate of hate crimes against Latinos.

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The collective action--headed by the National Council of La Raza, the National Urban League, the Anti-Defamation League, MALDEF, 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 ...

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