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Judi Lynn

(164,164 posts)
Thu May 24, 2018, 09:07 PM May 2018

Man who called black woman a 'loud mouthed monkey' charged with hate crime

Source: Independent


The video was posted online after the incident last month

Clark Mindock New York @ClarkMindock
2 hours ago



The man was taped yelling by another passenger Facebook

A New York train rider who made racist comment to a 25-year-old woman for “talking too loud” has been charged with a hate crime and could face a year in jail if convicted.

Edward Ruggiero, a Long Island resident, was filmed on the Long Island Railroad yelling racial slurs at a fellow passenger.

“Shut the f*** up, you f****** loudmouthed monkey m***********,” Mr Ruggiero is seen yelling in the clip at passenger Soraya Orelien.

The exchange continued with Mr Ruggiero continuing to yell insults at the woman suggesting that she does not know who her parents are because she is a “monkey”.




Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/edward-ruggiero-hate-crime-black-woman-monkey-new-york-train-passenger-a8368226.html

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Afromania

(2,809 posts)
2. I wonder how long it will take this one to start crying and snivelling about how he's not a bad
Thu May 24, 2018, 09:12 PM
May 2018

person before starting in on how this is persecution and tyranny from the court system.

renegade000

(2,301 posts)
5. "If you're going to film an abusive incident, why on Earth would you do it in portrait mode?"
Thu May 24, 2018, 10:06 PM
May 2018
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(20:28 if the auto-positioning doesn't work)

Bernardo de La Paz

(60,320 posts)
7. So that you get the MAXimum resolution on people's screens to PUBLICIZE the abusive incident!
Fri May 25, 2018, 07:16 AM
May 2018

If you don't understand that, reply. It seems obvious to me, but perhaps not everyone else understands it so I'm willing to explain.

Most people would want viewers to see it in as much detail as possible. Just as one issue, it helps people recognize who the abuser is.

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