Teens, Cops Connected To Hate Crime Police Chief Part Of Coverup, Charges Say

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Source: Associated Press

The police chief and his second-in-command, James Gennarini, were charged with extortion and civil rights violations in a separate case. The two are accused of extorting cash payoffs from illegal gambling operations, and demanding a $2,000 payment from a local businessman in 2007 to release him from their custody.Piekarsky was acquitted by an all-white jury of third-degree murder and ethnic intimidation; Donchak was acquitted of aggravated assault and ethnic intimidation. Both were convicted of simple assault, which carry possible one- or two-year prison sentences.
The May verdicts were decried by Hispanic advocates who say Ramirez's death is part of a rising tide of hate crimes against Latinos.

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[LynneSin]

1. welcome to red state Pennsylvania

:cry:

Trust me, not all of the state is that horrid. I mean we did go for Obama with 10points and soundly defeated Santorum by 19. But once you get out of the Urban areas and into the rural parts of the state it can get real racist. I grew up in that part of Pennsylvania - not a pretty place.

[Malikshah]

2. This is why the Federal Hate Crime bill was put in place

Clean out the bigots and crooks!