Thread: Immigration Status of Newark Shooting Suspect in Question

Immigration Status of Newark Shooting Suspect in Question


Rodolfo Godinez, one of six suspects in the Aug. 4 shooting deaths of three young people in a Newark schoolyard, will be detained by immigration authorities even if he is able to post $3 million bail, Essex County prosecutors said yesterday.

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Go to City Room » Mr. Godinez was arraigned in Superior Court on 16 charges, including three counts of first-degree murder. He pleaded not guilty. Prosecutors said the authorities were still trying to determine the immigration status of Mr. Godinez, who is from Nicaragua.

Two of Mr. Godinez’s co-defendants have been charged with sexual assault in the case, although officials would not identify the victim. Officials indicated that there had been “a strong gang elementâ€

Strong gang element? The truth is they killed those kids just because they were Black. That's the real simple truth elected officials don't want you to know about. Latin America has ALWAYS had bad feelings about Blacks, and all you have to do is watch Spanish TV and count how many dark faces you see. Many Latinos bring that same racist attitude with them to The US, so is it should come as no surprise that we are seeing these hate crimes. The biggest difference between White racism against Blacks as opposed to Brown racism against Blacks is that you have far less Latinos who will denounce these crimes -how many Latino organizations have stood up and spoke against racism and tried to open up discussion with Blacks? I'm watching to see how long this continues before Blacks get a clue that the people they've always welcomed into their neighborhoods want nothing less than to have them gone and replaced with other Latinos.