Posted on: May 14th, 2008
Filed Under: [ Hispanic News ] [ Eye Openers ] [ California ] [ Los Angeles ]
Tags: crime, family, football, parents
The community solidarity that followed the killing of high school football star Jamiel Shaw Jr. did not last.
A prosecutor has been pulled from the case after clashing with Shaw’s parents, who are demanding hate-crime charges against the suspect, believed to belong to a violent Hispanic gang. And the family is fighting suggestions that an affinity for a rival gang was what led to Shaw’s slaying March 2.
At the heart of the friction is the polarizing issue of race in a city known for its diversity of cultures. Shaw, 17, was black; prosecutors say the man charged with killing him, Pedro Espinoza, is in the country illegally.”*
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