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Illegal immigrants targeted because of status
Justifying murder, opinionated teens victimize immigrants
Illegal immigrants targeted because of status
Justifying murder, opinionated teens victimize immigrants
The Rebel Yell
by Leslie Ventura
May 18, 2009
Illegal immigrants targeted because of status
Some excerpts :
While some argue that this was just a “street fight gone wrong,” the facts that include racial slurs and relentless beatings cannot be ignored.
While the men yelled racial epithets at Ramirez, they punched and kicked his head and body so severely that he lay foaming at the mouth with two skull fractures.
Once Ramirez was on the ground he was continually kicked until brain matter leaked from his skull.
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Even if the boys’ intentions were not to kill him, it is important to note that hatred fueled the beating and the attackers did not stop even when he could no longer fight back.
Since when do we not punish murderers just because the death was unintended? In fact, there is an entirely different judgment for those kinds of situations.
Latino or not, this ruling affects everyone because it tells people that in America, not all people have the same rights. If this is true for Ramirez, it could be true for any of us. Everyone should feel personally invested in his story, if not for Ramirez and other people like him, but for the principle this incident illustrates.
While the media try to spin Ramirez’s character into that of a low-life, lazy illegal immigrant, nothing changes the fact that a man was beaten to death.
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Many people throughout this country have no sympathy for illegal immigrants and feel that any violence directed toward them is justified and should be expected. The issue of legal and illegal immigrants cannot continue to be viewed with such disdain.
As long as the law does not safeguard basic human rights, hatred for Latin Americans and all immigrants will grow-, ultimately making these stories much more common.
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May 18, 2009
Illegal immigrants targeted because of status
Some excerpts :
While some argue that this was just a “street fight gone wrong,” the facts that include racial slurs and relentless beatings cannot be ignored.
While the men yelled racial epithets at Ramirez, they punched and kicked his head and body so severely that he lay foaming at the mouth with two skull fractures.
Once Ramirez was on the ground he was continually kicked until brain matter leaked from his skull.
.................
Even if the boys’ intentions were not to kill him, it is important to note that hatred fueled the beating and the attackers did not stop even when he could no longer fight back.
Since when do we not punish murderers just because the death was unintended? In fact, there is an entirely different judgment for those kinds of situations.
Latino or not, this ruling affects everyone because it tells people that in America, not all people have the same rights. If this is true for Ramirez, it could be true for any of us. Everyone should feel personally invested in his story, if not for Ramirez and other people like him, but for the principle this incident illustrates.
While the media try to spin Ramirez’s character into that of a low-life, lazy illegal immigrant, nothing changes the fact that a man was beaten to death.
....................
Many people throughout this country have no sympathy for illegal immigrants and feel that any violence directed toward them is justified and should be expected. The issue of legal and illegal immigrants cannot continue to be viewed with such disdain.
As long as the law does not safeguard basic human rights, hatred for Latin Americans and all immigrants will grow-, ultimately making these stories much more common.
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