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Judge: Day laborers' rights violated
Rules civil trial for damages can proceed against men who attacked Mexicans in 2000
BY ALFONSO A. CASTILLO
STAFF WRITER

February 12, 2005


A federal court judge has ruled in favor of two Mexican day laborers who say their civil rights were violated when they were brutally beaten by two white men in Shirley in 2000.

In the decision, handed down Thursday in Central Islip, U.S. District Judge Sandra Feuerstein ruled that a civil trial on the facts of the case is unwarranted because of the criminal convictions in 2002 of Christopher Slavin and Ryan Wagner in the attack. A civil trial on the amount of damages the Farmingville laborers may be entitled to is expected to begin later this month.

Feuerstein ruled that the defendants cannot dispute "that they conspired to, and did in fact, assault and batter plaintiffs with dangerous instruments, and that they had the requisite intent to commit the crimes charged."

Slavin, 33, of Hicksville, and Wagner, 24, of Maspeth, are serving 25-year prison sentences for the attack, in which the two men, posing as contractors, lured Israel Perez, 24, and Magdaleno Estrada, 33, to an abandoned Shirley warehouse where they beat both with a post hole digger and stabbed Perez with a knife.

In the suit, filed in 2001, the laborers claimed their attackers deprived them of their right to the same security enjoyed by white people, conspired to create a climate of fear within the Latino communities, and deprived them of their rights to free speech, free assembly and free association under the First and 14th amendments.

Slavin's Huntington attorney, Robert Del Col, could not be reached for comment. Wagner's attorney, Thomas Liotti, of Garden City, did not return a call for comment.

Although the civil suit asks for $66 million, Fred Brewington, a Hempstead attorney representing the laborers, acknowledged Slavin and Wagner probably have "very little" assets to go after.

"This case is not about money. It's about something much more tangible than dollars and cents," Brewington said at a Mineola news conference Friday. "People have a right to come to this country and not be subjected to abuse or beatings based on their language, the color of their skin or their national origin."

Estrada has returned to Mexico and is not expected to testify at the trial. Perez, who now lives in California, plans to return to Long Island to testify. Brewington said he spoke to Perez following the judge's decision and said "he was very happy that there was some sense of justice through the system."

Feurstein's decision also formally dismissed a class action claim filed by the laborers on behalf of "all other Mexican/Chicano Day Laborers and/or Latino Day Laborers similarly situated."

In addition to Slavin and Wagner, that claim was filed against several groups alleged to have helped create an environment of intolerance toward immigrants, including the Long Island-based Sachem Quality of Life. In 2002, a judge dismissed the groups from the suit.

Answer 1

feel like you should find a man or a job, Panocha.
Are you still living with that woman, I guess the lesbian thing is working for you.

Answer 2

noticed your employment adds are showing up on Latino sites along the borders ...Words of advice DON'T START IT!!!!

DO THE MATH ...THEY ARE LIKE ARMY ANT'S THEY DESTROY EVERYTHING IN THEIR PATH AND THEN MOVE TO THE NEXT COUNTRY!!!
Look at all of the countries in South America..Nothing left but filth and raped cities..DO THE MATH!!!!!THEY ARE BREEDING YOU OUT OF EXISTANCE.

Monday, June 26, 2006

U.S. Population Nears 300 Million
"The U.S. population is on target to hit 300 million this fall and it's a good bet the milestone baby _ or immigrant _ will be Hispanic. No one will know for sure because the date and time will be just an estimate. But Latinos _ immigrants and those born in this country _ are driving the population growth. They accounted for almost half the increase last year, more than any other ethnic or racial group. White non-Hispanics, who make up about two-thirds of the population, accounted for less than one-fifth of the increase," the AP reports."When the population reached 200 million in 1967, there was no accurate tally of U.S. Hispanics. The first effort to count Hispanics came in the 1970 census, and the results were dubious. The Census Bureau counted about 9.6 million Latinos, a little less than 5 percent of the population. The bureau acknowledged that the figure was inflated in the Midwest and South because some people who checked the box saying they were 'Central or South American' thought that designation meant they were from the central or southern United States."

Answer 3

The govt is filled with a bunch of cowards, I my town the govt is scared to kick the illegals of the apartment and homes in fear of the ACLU is going to say that your kicking them out because there Spanish.The people of the United States have to put there foot down demand change. I say kick the bastards out.

Answer 4

The American society is raising there children to be hate mongrels....How sad. Our new and upcoming future...the Hispanic children born here with every right as a citizen will change all of this some day.....I have my fingers crossed

Answer 5

it's unfortunate but crime happens everyday, not to one specific nationality or race to to anyone...like I said it is unfortunate but until people wake up and stop wanting to hurt people it won't stop... regardless of race or nationality.. many people are killed and beaten a day... so until we as a people stop the violence.. it will continue

Answer 6

Why do you keep posting nonsense.You seem unbalanced why don't you either get a job (you know welfare cant last forever)so you wont have so much time on your hands or seek mental health help..I feel sorry for you .

Answer 7

Are you Bi-Polar? What the hell is up with the Mexican flag? Man...You are one Messed up in the head cheeka. Anywas, ilegals suck.