Breaking News: Feds File Hate Crime Charges against Teens Who Killed Luis Ramirez

In July, 2008, youths in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania attacked and killed Luis Ramirez.  They were only convicted of misdemeanors by an all-white jury earlier this year.  CNN now reports that “Five people, including three police officers, have been indicted in the fatal race-related beating of a Latino man in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, the Justice Department said Tuesday. Two indictments charge the five with federal hate crime charges, as well as obstruction of justice and conspiracy, authorities said in a written statement. A federal grand jury handed up the indictments last week, and they were unsealed Tuesday.”

Stay tuned!

UPDATE  The Associated Press elaborates on the various charges against local police officers for an alleged cover up of the hate crime.  Shenandoah is a small coal town about 80 miles from Philadelphia that has seen an increase in its Latino population in recent years.   Huffington Post and Daily Kos have run with this story. 

KJ