Thread: Latinos call for end to violence

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Latinos call for end to violence
Updated: 8/19/2006 2:04:21 PM
By: Glenn Bolin, News 14 Carolina
CHARLOTTE -- Latino leaders say they are seeing an increase in violence against members of the Charlotte Hispanic community.

Matilde Amaya, is treating wounds to his face, knee and back after an attack in front of a convenience store. A police report shows suspects robbed Amaya of his wallet, cell phone and immigration papers following a minor car accident.

"More and more crimes are being committed around our community,” said Maudia Melendez of Jesus Ministry. “Only just three weeks ago, a Salvadorian young man was gunned down."

Melendez thinks ever since the debate on immigration reform picked up, crime on Latinos went up as well.

“They have been vandalized. They have been killed. They have been robbed. They have been violated in every form of the word," she said.

Melendez says the community won't rest until this issue goes away.

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department is still investigating the attack against Amaya.

That's rich. Are they talking to themselves? They are the ones by and large pushing violence and intimidation.

They didn't all just get here. People have tolerated so many things for so long. This blatent hatred and disregard for the law, while the rest have to tip-toe around, is going to have a fall out. It's going to bring out the worst in everybody. All I can say is it's really a double standard to expect everybody else to abide by the law while they don't. You can't have it both ways.

I believe he did leave that part out, is the fact that illegal aliens are the ones committing the crimes. Trying to make it look like american citizens are beating up immigrants randomly in the streets when that truly is not the case at all.

Originally Posted by lsmith

make it look like american citizens are beating up immigrants

That was what I was thinking too.

Dixie

Melendez thinks ever since the debate on immigration reform picked up, crime on Latinos went up as well.

this lowlife (Melendez) is a social scientist? when is she gonna report on the relationship between increasing crime and the ever increasing population of needy Third World refugees who are destabilizing the US..PS- the theft of this guy's immigration papers is kinda' ironic

Patrick, you are right. Obviously she didn't get her money's worth from her degree.

make it look like american citizens are beating up immigrants

A feeble attempt at that too. Not once was the race card thrown ... wonder why that is ...hrmmmm.