7 teenagers in Long Island 'lynch mob' plead not guilty to murder of immigrant

[entanglement]

Source: NY Daily News

An Ecuadorian immigrant who was fatally stabbled by a gang of Long Island louts was the victim of "a lynch mob," a prosecutor said Monday.

The incendiary charge was lobbed by Suffolk County Assistant District Attorney Nancy Clifford as alleged ringleader Jeffrey Conroy and his brazen buddies were arraigned for the murder of 37-year-old Marcello Lucero.

"This defendant and six of his friends, in their own words, said, 'Let's go find some Mexicans to f--- up,'" Clifford said in Suffok County Criminal Court.

When they couldn't find any in Medford, they drove over to Patchogue, where they spotted Lucero and a friend at the train station Saturday night, cops said. "Like a lynch mob, the defendant and his friends got out of their car and surrounded Mr. Lucero and his friend," Clifford said.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2008/11/10/2008-11-10_7_teenagers_in_long_island_lynch_mob_ple.html

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. Being prosectued as a hate crime, I hope

How can they plead not guilty--by what? Reason of bigotry?

[valerief]

2. They're Palinists. They're oblivious to themselves. nt

[entanglement]

4. Yes, they'll prosecute it as a hate crime

[babylonsister]

3. OMG. The mindset of some people grosses me out. How

could anyone? :(

[AlphaCentauri]

6. My eyes are bleeding

just reading some of the comments on the article page. Amazing how people defend criminals.

[THUNDER HANDS]

5. Medford

is Long Island's version of Alabama.

Farmingville is our version of Mississippi.


no offense to anyone here from those two states.

[Libertas1776]

9. ?

I don't get it? are there a lot Mexicans in Mississippi?
(Anyone from the area would know what i am talking about)

[NOLALady]

12. There are a lot of non whites in

Mississippi.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

13. Yes, when I volunteered there after Katrina,

we had Vietnamese, Latinos, and Native Americans (Choctaws, I was told) coming to our relief center. I had thought of Mississippi in terms of black and white, and indeed, the majority of people who came were one or the other, but the state is actually more diverse than that.

[ejbr]

7. I see a dark-skinned boy among them

He is going to have a REALLY rough time behind bars. At least he would if my black ass were there...just sayin'

[curse of greyface]

8. With strict gun laws it is for a mob easy to kill innocent people.

You don't have to worry about anyone defending themselves. Groups like these boys can rape and kill with impunity.

I'd like to see them try this stunt in Florida or Texas.

[LeftyMom]

10. Yep, shit like this never happens in Texas. Just ask James Byrd, Jr.

:eyes:

[curse of greyface]

11. Now I'm not saying it never happens in Texas.

But the costs of picking on the wrong victim are much higher.

I hope these punks never see the light of day again.

[High Plains]

14. Oh, Jesus Christ, give it a break!

[dionysus]

16. WTF?

:eyes:

[Javaman]

15. Being from LI, I'm not the least bit surprised by this in the least.

this is why I moved. Long Island is a seething pit of racists. Especially SuffUCk county.

don't ever believe that there is no kkk, up there. they are alive and breeding.

[devilgrrl]

17. "Long Island louts"....

:eyes:

Aren't they a band?

:sarcasm:

[raccoon]

18. self delete never mind. nt