Documentary kicks off anti-hate crimes discussion in SD

SOUTH COUNTY — In death, a man Paul Pontieri never met inspired him to speak out against hateful speech about immigrants. The murder of Ecuadorian immigrant Marcelo Lucero in 2008 in Pontieri’s Long Island village of Patchogue catapulted the mayor into a national debate that brought him in San Diego Monday for a screening of a documentary film about the death and the aftermath. Lucero was beaten and stabbed to death by a band of young men out for a night of ā€œbeaner hopping.ā€ The racially motivated crime rocked Patchogue and cast a spotlight on the growing number of anti-Latino crimes across the nation.

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Documentary kicks off anti-hate crimes discussion in SD

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