S.I. Rampage Raises Issue of Bias Crime


By LISA W. FODERARO
Published: August 18, 2008
Aurora Mendoza was just closing up the pizzeria where she works on Port Richmond Avenue on Staten Island when she heard the sounds of destruction late Sunday night or early Monday. She peered outside and saw a man, visibly agitated, swinging a hammer at the storefront next to hers.

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Javier Flores, 10, views the damage at Los Potrillos restaurant.
“We were nervous,â€