NCLR 1999 ◗
THE MAINSTREAMING OF HATE
June 1996, Salem. Five to six skinheads yelled racial slurs at two Hispanic high school students waiting for the bus.
Second, in special 1998 and 1999 issues of the Intelligence Report, published by the Intelligence Project of the Southern Poverty Law Center, over four dozen incidents of hate crimes against Latinos were reported throughout the country in 1997 and 1998; most of the perpetrators of these particular incidents are part of White supremacist groups.5 For example:
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November 17, 1998, Joshua Tree. Three men pled guilty to racial terrorism for burning a swastika outside a Latino couple’s residence. September 5, 1998, Canyon Country. Three White men were charged with suspicion of hate crimes, assault with a deadly weapon, and throwing objects at vehicles with the intent to cause injury after they allegedly threw chunks of asphalt at passing cars and yelled racial epithets at a Latino couple. September 3, 1997, Brentwood. The letters “KKK” (for Ku Klux Klan) and “White Power” were painted at a Hispanic family’s residence. April 9, 1997, Newhall. Two Latino custodians were allegedly assaulted by three White youths, one of whom used a racial slur. February 21, 1997, Covina. Two Latino men were allegedly attacked by a White man who was armed with a machete and an ice pick and used a racial slur.
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August 29, 1998, Columbus. A 23-year-old Hispanic male was gunned down in an alley allegedly by three or more White assailants. Police reported it as a racially-motivated incident.
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March 8, 1997, St. Petersburg. A Puerto Rican man was allegedly beaten by three White men who yelled racial slurs.
October 22, 1998, Boise. Six men were sentenced to prison for a series of racially-motivated attacks against Hispanics in the summer of 1997. August 31, 1998, Bonners Ferry. A White man was charged with malicious harassment for allegedly haranguing a Mexican man and his child in a grocery story with racial threats. September 3, 1997, Bonners Ferry. Racist fliers opposing migrant workers were allegedly left at several residences and at a school attended by children of migrant workers.
January 6, 1997, Brooklyn. Joseph Tinnirello, 19, and Paul Tinnirello, 18, were sentenced to seven to 21 years in prison for beating a Hispanic man and four Asian men in September of 1995.
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September 26, 1997, Council Bluffs. A Hispanic man was allegedly attacked by a group of White men who used anti-Mexican epithets.
November 10, 1998, Albany. Two men were charged with attempted first-degree assault., third-degree assault, and first-degree racial intimidation for allegedly trying to drown a Hispanic man.
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January 25, 1997, Goldendale. A Hispanic family was allegedly assaulted by three men who used racial slurs. The men were charged with assault and malicious harassment.
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April 9, 1997, Fond Du Lac. Three reported skinheads were sentenced to three months in jail and two years’ probation for beating a Hispanic youth and a Black woman in October 1996.
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