Thread: NY-Mexican day laborers target of rage in phony 911 call

Mexican day laborers target of rage in Staten Island phony 911 call
BY Clare Trapasso and Wil Cruz
DAILY NEWS WRITERS

Sunday, March 22nd 2009, 12:52 AM

An unemployed construction worker frustrated with trying to find work was arrested Saturday on Staten Island for saying he "killed two Mexicans," police said.

Michael Franklin called 911 five times Thursday morning after a contractor rejected him in favor of three Hispanic day laborers.

The 44-year-old Staten Island man boasted that he just "killed two Mexicans" and "threw them into the Great Kills Harbor."

"I'm gonna be riding around all day looking to kill Mexicans," he threatened in his last call.

"It all came back negative," said Inspector Michael Osgood, commanding officer of the hate crime unit, of the phony calls.

Franklin, who is black, was arrested Saturday near his Fox Hills home. He was charged with five counts of reckless endangerment as a hate crime, making a false police report and obstruction of justice.

Franklin snapped that day after he and three Hispanic day laborers hopped onto a pickup truck at Vanderbilt Ave. and Targee St. for work, Osgood said. The contractor told Franklin he didn't need his services.

The Hispanic workers taunted the dejected Franklin and called him a "Negro" in Spanish, Osgood said. Adding salt to the wound, Franklin called 311 looking for work - only to be turned down again.

At 7:40 a.m., he made the first 911 call, Osgood said. "This ain't right. I'm an American citizen," Franklin told cops, according to Osgood. "The Mexicans ... can work. I don't get work."

Osgood said Franklin was remorseful after being arrested.

wcruz@nydailynews.com



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Franklin was wrong and should be punished. But I can understand the rage he felt knowing that illegal aliens were getting hired for work that he wanted. PLUS, THE ILLEGAL HISPANICS CALLED HIM THE "N" WORD AND KEPT TAUNTING HIM. ALL BLACK AMERICANS SHOULD BE OUTRAGED AND SPEAK UP BEFORE ITS TOO LATE TO MAKE YOUR VOICES HEARD! Let me ask all of Afro-Americans everywhere: What was the last positive thing that democrats ever did for you?

This may only be the beginning of citizen outrage. While he took his outrage over the top, there is only so much any American can stand seeing even day-labor jobs going to the illegals.

It's about time Blacks get mad. They are hurt worse in all this.

This is just the beginning too. It's going to go rabid the worse the economy gets.
I can't wait to have more people helping us fight this issue.

Poor guy, he's just an American watching people, not suppose to be here, take jobs from citizens....

Originally Posted by butterbean

Franklin was wrong and should be punished. But I can understand the rage he felt knowing that illegal aliens were getting hired for work that he wanted. PLUS, THE ILLEGAL HISPANICS CALLED HIM THE "N" WORD AND KEPT TAUNTING HIM. ALL BLACK AMERICANS SHOULD BE OUTRAGED AND SPEAK UP BEFORE ITS TOO LATE TO MAKE YOUR VOICES HEARD! Let me ask all of Afro-Americans everywhere: What was the last positive thing that democrats ever did for you?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but where in the story does it say these were illegal?

And the "N" word in Spanish is "Negra" or "Negrito". Neither of which are objectionable to most people

I DON'T BLAME HIM IN THE LEAST.


FUNNY, PART IS THAT HE COULD HAVE KEPT HIS MOUTH SHUT AND SIMPLY KILLED THESE GUYS.


MOST PEOPLE WHO GET ANGRY AND THREATEN USUALLY DON'T FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THE CRIME.

ONE OTHER THING HERE, HASN'T HE FIGURED OUT THAT HIS GOD, OBAMA, THRU HIM UNDER THE BUS.


PERSONALLY, I BELIEVE THE UPRISING WILL BE WITHIN BLACKS AND HISPANICS.

Day laborers, for the most part non-English-speaking Hispanic, have proven to be illegals from everything I have read. While they have come here to work at minimal jobs, the crackdowns on worksites means they are doing their best to earn a living somehow so they can support their anchor babies. That is probably why LA has declared that shelters with all the comforts of home be built by Home Depot and Lowe's so that the day laborers can swarm anyone driving in and out of their parking lots, demanding jobs from customers.
Odds are that these Hispanics are illegal, as I am sure they would quickly get a visa to come here legally and harass people in parking lots.

He should not be charged with a hate crime.
He should be charged with making a false report.

More and more Americans are going to get upset about the visa holders and especially illegal aliens working, when they are seeking work and can't find it.

I feel sorry for Michael Franklin, sounds like he just snapped out of frustration. He should not be competing with foreign nationals for work.

Dixie