Hunting Season (35 page)

26
. Macropoulos, “In Mourning an Immigrant.”

27
. Ibid.

28
. Jennifer Jo Janish, “Hate,”
Guernica,
April 1, 2010,
http://www.guerni-camag.com/features/1654/hate
.

29
. Ibid.

C
HAPTER
9: A L
ITTLE
P
IECE OF
H
EAVEN

1
. All details of the arrival of the body in Gualaceo and funeral come from Bart Jones, “Reports from Ecuador: A Homecoming Marked by Tears,”
Newsday,
November 20, 2008.

2
. Details about the house Marcelo Lucero built come from an interview with his mother, Doña Rosario, in Gualaceo, Ecuador, July 17, 2010.

3
. Details regarding the impact of emigration from Gualaceo come from comments made by Father Julio Castillo and Mayor Marco Tapia during separate interviews in Gualaceo, Ecuador, July 18, 2010.

4
. Orellana,
Patrimonio Cultural de Gualaceo,
15.

5
. Bart Jones, “Reports from Ecuador: The Lost Dads of Ecuador,”
Newsday,
November 18, 2008.

6
. Hurtado,
Portrait of a Nation,
157.

7
. Information about the landslide comes from an interview with Fernando León, publisher of
Semanario El Pueblo,
December 7, 2012, and “Ecuador Landslide Buries Mining Site, Killing at Least 60,”
New York Times,
May 11, 1993.

8
. Legrain,
Immigrants,
69.

9
. Mirta Ojito, “People They Left Behind Want Emigrants Back,”
Miami Herald,
August 1, 2010.

10
. Bart Jones, “Reports from Ecuador: A Friend’s Life Cut Short,”
Newsday,
November 19, 2008.

11
. Ibid.

12
. Ibid.

13
. Bart Jones, “LI Hate Killing: Sorrow for a Son Lost to Violence,”
Newsday,
November 21, 2008.

14
. Ibid.

15
. “Kristallnacht,” PBS, n.d.,
http://www.pbs.org
/; interview with Rabbi Joel Levinson, September 13, 2012.

16
. All details of the November 19, 2008, meeting come from Molly Altizer-Evans, “Calming Residents’ Safety Fears,”
Long Island Advance,
November 25, 2008,
http://www.longislandadvance.net
/.

17
. Ibid.

18
. Details about the teenagers’ arraignment come from Cara Buckley, “Teenagers’ Violent ‘Sport’ Led to Killing, Officials Say,”
New York Times,
November 21, 2008.

19
. Quotes come from interviews with Bob Conroy, December 6, 2010–January 4, 2013.

20
. Sumathi Reddy, “Timeline of Events in the Federal Hate Crime Probe,”
Newsday,
November 8, 2008, and Andrew Strickler, “Ready to Take the Reins,”
Newsday,
November 26, 2008.

21
. Strickler, “Ready to Take the Reins,” and Gen X Revert, “The Murder of Marcelo Lucero Continues to Shake Things up Here in Suffolk County,”
A Long Island Catholic,
November 26, 2008,
http://revertedxer.blogspot.com
/.

22
. Strickler, “Ready to Take the Reins.”

23
. Lawrence Downes, “A Hate-Crime Circus Comes to Patchogue,”
New York Times,
December 5, 2008.

24
. Interviews conducted with Reverend Wolter, November 7, 2010–November 15, 2012.

25
. Buckley, “Teenagers’ Violent ‘Sport’ Led to Killing, Officials Say.”

26
. Robin Finn, “A Principal Struggles with the Killing’s Aftermath,”
New York Times,
November 23, 2008.

27
. Girl booed off the stage:
Deputized,
directed by Susan Hagedorn and Amanda Zinoman (Seedworks Films, 2012).

28
. Patrick Whittle, “Patchogue ESL Classes to Remain,”
Newsday,
December 17, 2008.

29
. Michael Sorrentino, “Patchogue Patch,”
Patchogue Patch,
May 27, 2010,
http://patchogue.patch.com
/.

30
. Elise Pearlman, “Film Based on Lucero Murder to Play LI Film Festival,”
Patchogue Patch,
July 15, 2010,
http://patchogue.patch.com/articles/film-based-on-lucero-murder-to-play-li-film-festival
.

31
. Michael Sorrentino, “Medford SBU Student Wins Scholarship for Lucero Essay,”
Patchogue Patch,
September 9, 2010,
http://patchogue.patch.com
/.

32
. Ted Hesson, “Remembering the Marcelo Lucero Killing, Residents Seek to Mend Hearts with Quilting Project,”
Long Island Wins,
October 7, 2010,
http://www.longislandwins.com
/.

33
.
Climate of Fear: Latino Immigrants in Suffolk County, N.Y.
(Montgomery, AL: Southern Poverty Law Center), 2009,
http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/publications/climate-of-fear-latino-immigrants-in-suffolk-county-ny
.

34
. Ibid.

35
. Ibid.

36
. Information comes from a class lecture by Pablo Calle, US representative of the National Secretariat for Migrant Affairs, in the Immigration Reporting Seminar of the Graduate School of Journalism, Columbia University, March 8, 2011, and from an interview with Jorge W. López, general consul of Ecuador in New York, January 11, 2013.

37
. Bart Jones, “There Is a Lot of Pain Here,”
Newsday,
November 17, 2008.

38
. Sumathi Reddy, “Central Islip: Group Plays Tribute to Lucero,”
Newsday,
October 23, 2009.

39
. Laura Rivera and Dave Marcus, “Lucero’s Mother Comes to Face Teens,”
Newsday,
February 17, 2009.

40
. Details about Joselo Lucero’s reaction to his encounter with Levy come from Michael Amon, “Levy Meets Luceros,”
Newsday,
November 9, 2009.

C
HAPTER
10: T
RIAL AND
P
UNISHMENT

1
. Information about Megan O’Donnell’s life and her preparation for the trial comes from an interview with her, June 23, 2011.

2
. People of the State of New York v. Jeffrey Conroy, Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of Suffolk No. 3032A-2008, 236A-2009, opening statements (March 18, 2010).

3
. “Film Extras: Interview with Suffolk County Assistant District Attorney Megan O’Donnell,”
Not in Our Town,
http://www.niot.org
/.

4
. Manny Fernandez, “Teenager Charged in L.I. Hate Crime Plans to Testify,”
New York Times,
April 8, 2010, and Sheriff GI Compartment, Incident File Report, GIU-Inmate Security Risk Group Assessment, November 10, 2008, author: Steven Lundquist, Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office.

5
. “Film Extras.”

6
. The charges come from Megan O’Donnell’s opening statement: New York v. Conroy, Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of Suffolk No. 3032A-2008, 236A-2009, opening statements (March 18, 2010).

7
. Information about Keahon comes from Manny Fernandez, “Veracity of the Defendant Is Key in Hate-Killing Trial,”
New York Times,
April 10, 2010.

8
. Ann Givens, “Showman in the Courtroom: Attorney Bill Keahon Is Both a Believer in Every Person’s Right to a Vigorous Defense and Unafraid of Bold Tactics,”
Newsday,
September 16, 2007.

9
. “Film Extras”; Sumathi Reddy, “Fourth Teen Pleads Guilty in Lucero Beating Trial,”
Newsday,
February 25, 2010.

10
. “Hate Crimes Act—Ch. 107, 2000—NY DCJS,” New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services,
http://www.criminaljustice.ny.gov
/.

11
. Phone interview with Michael Lieberman, director, Civil Rights Policy Planning Center, Anti-Defamation League, February 22, 2013.

12
. “Facts for Features: Hispanic Heritage Month 2012: Sept. 1–Oct. 15,” US Census Bureau, August 6, 2012,
http://www.census.gov
/.

13
. “What Motivates Hate Offenders?,” National Institute of Justice, January 9, 2008,
http://www.nij.gov
/.

14
. James Barron, “2 Men Sentenced in Beating Death of Ecuadorean Immigrant in Brooklyn,”
New York Times,
August 6, 2010.

15
. Information about the jurors comes from the author’s e-mail correspondence with
Newsday
reporter Sumathi Reddy.

16
. Sumathi Reddy, “Jurors Picked for Lucero Slay Trial,”
Newsday,
March 13, 2010.

17
. Sumathi Reddy, “Riverhead: Slay-case Jurors Tough to Find,”
Newsday,
March 5, 2010.

18
. Manny Fernandez, “In Jury Selection for Hate Crime, a Struggle to Find Tolerance,”
New York Times,
March 9, 2010.

19
. Information about the jurors comes from the author’s correspondence with
Newsday
reporter Sumathi Reddy.

20
. Fernandez, “In Jury Selection for Hate Crime, a Struggle to Find Tolerance.”

21
. Reddy, “Jurors Picked for Lucero Slay Trial.”

22
. Manny Fernandez, “Aid for L.I. Attack Victim Took Time, Court Is Told,”
New York Times,
March 20, 2010.

23
. Manny Fernandez, “Ambulance’s Delay May Be Issue in L.I. Hate-Crime Trial,”
New York Times,
March 18, 2010.

24
. Sumathi Reddy and Carl MacGowan, “Cop: Teen Had Knife on Him,”
Newsday,
March 23, 2010.

25
. Manny Fernandez, “Jurors in Suffolk Hate-Crime Trial Are Shown Photo of Defendant’s Swastika Tattoo,”
New York Times,
March 24, 2010.