Robberies Targeting Latinos on the Rise

“Jose Jaime Molino stands in the middle of his mostly Hispanic neighborhood and points to houses as if counting mailboxes.

“Two over here. My roommate, that’s three. About five people,” he said.

Those are just the neighbors he knows of who have been robbed on the streets of Manassas. The ones who have told the same stories of turning a corner, encountering two or more men, and losing a week’s pay along with whatever semblance of safety they had.”

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