Town struggles with fallout from immigrant's fatal beating

[Rebecca Jo 1,962]

SHENANDOAH, Pennsylvania (CNN) -- By the time help arrived, Luis Ramirez lay convulsing in the middle of the street, foam running from his mouth.

Blows had struck the 25-year-old illegal Mexican immigrant with such force that they left a clotted, bruised impression of Jesus Christ on the skin of his chest from the religious medal he wore.

His attackers were white teenagers, including star students and football players, witnesses told police.

After a night of drinking, the teens taunted the undocumented worker with racial epithets, pummeled him to the ground and then kicked him in the head, court documents charge. He died in a hospital two days later.

It took almost two weeks for arrests to be made. But on July 25, Colin J. Walsh, 17, and Brandon J. Piekarsky, 16, were charged as adults with homicide and ethnic intimidation.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/07/31/shenad...html#cnnSTCText

Edited July 31, 2008 by JohnnyQuest

[Chica Yeyé 41]

Good. They should lock them away. Teenage Chopf@cks.

[morocco4ever 63]

When will this racial ####### end!

[Chica Yeyé 41]

When will this racial ####### end!

Don't know sister, but I can only sit here and wait for the right wingers to show up and say:

"well, if he hadn't been here illegally in the first place he wouldn't have been kicked on the head to death" or the forever popular "Well, those teens were only defending their country"

[KarenCee 3]

Just wait for it...the evening crowd hasn't checked in yet.

[Heracles 417]

Good. They should lock them away. Teenage Chopf@cks.

Funny you don't seem to have the same response to crime, and violence, where illegal latino immigrants are the culprits.

Strange that one hey..

[Heracles 417]

Just wait for it...the evening crowd hasn't checked in yet.

[Ggreen 12]

Good. They should lock them away. Teenage Chopf@cks.

Funny you don't seem to have the same response to crime, and violence, where illegal latino immigrants are the culprits.

Strange that one hey..

Sir, this thread is about Colin J. Walsh, 17, and Brandon J. Piekarsky, 16, killing a Mixican.

[Chica Yeyé 41]

Good. They should lock them away. Teenage Chopf@cks.

Funny you don't seem to have the same response to crime, and violence, where illegal latino immigrants are the culprits.

Strange that one hey..

My God, you really are an idiot. I have the same response to ALL violence. It's called human compassion. You might want to try it.

[Heracles 417]

My God, you really are an idiot. I have the same response to ALL violence. It's called human compassion. You might want to try it.

Look at your previous posts before opening your mouth. They paint a different picture.

Sir, this thread is about Colin J. Walsh, 17, and Brandon J. Piekarsky, 16, killing a Mixican.

No ####..

[Chica Yeyé 41]

My God, you really are an idiot. I have the same response to ALL violence. It's called human compassion. You might want to try it.

Look at your previous posts before opening your mouth. They paint a different picture.

Sir, this thread is about Colin J. Walsh, 17, and Brandon J. Piekarsky, 16, killing a Mixican.

No ####..

Listen, if you can. I am against violence and violent crimes -- never mind who the perpetrators and the victims are. Human life, for me, has equal value. Don't like it -- you know exactly what to do.

[Heracles 417]

Listen, if you can. I am against violence and violent crimes -- never mind who the perpetrators and the victims are. Human life, for me, has equal value. Don't like it -- you know exactly what to do.

Ah okay. Thanks for clearing that up.

[Heracles 417]

In this file photo provided Crystal Dillman, Luis Ramirez lies in his hospital bed hours before his death at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pa.. Ramirez, 25, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, died Monday, July 14, 2008 from injuries he received in a beating in Shenandoah, Pa. Three white teens were charged Friday, July 25, 2008 in what officials said was an epithet-filled fatal beating of an illegal Mexican immigrant in the small northeast Pennsylvania coal town.

Have I not said 100 times we need to bring back corporal punishment.

[Empress of Groovy 373]

In this file photo provided Crystal Dillman, Luis Ramirez lies in his hospital bed hours before his death at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pa.. Ramirez, 25, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, died Monday, July 14, 2008 from injuries he received in a beating in Shenandoah, Pa. Three white teens were charged Friday, July 25, 2008 in what officials said was an epithet-filled fatal beating of an illegal Mexican immigrant in the small northeast Pennsylvania coal town.

Have I not said 100 times we need to bring back corporal punishment.

I'd say we have it, de facto.

[peejay 327]

When will this racial ####### end!

Don't know sister, but I can only sit here and wait for the right wingers to show up and say:

"well, if he hadn't been here illegally in the first place he wouldn't have been kicked on the head to death" or the forever popular "Well, those teens were only defending their country"

They will go to jail for what they did. You can rest assured of that. Your comments are way out of line.

While I personally have an issue with illegal immigration (as do many others on this forum), murder is not the answer.

My take on the situation...it's punks being punks. They will get the murder rap with the hate crime added onto the sentence. They won't get the death penalty because it is in Pennsylvania and because there is no proof of premeditation. In other words...they meant to beat him up and ended up killing him. Whether that is fair in your mind is up to you, but that is probably how it will turn out. I'm not sure if all 3 will get the same sentence. I'm not a lawyer, but one of these punks dealt the fatal blow. I'm not sure if they will pin it on all 3.