It happened in NYC but it cold have been Anywhere, USA

This one is on the fear mongers who stoke anti-immigrant fears and embolden thugs who think it is KO to beat someone who is different.

clipped from www.nytimes.com An Ecuadorean immigrant who was brutally beaten with a bottle and baseball bat last week by men said to be shouting anti-gay and anti-Hispanic slurs has died, a family spokesman said on Saturday night. Skip to next paragraph Uli Seit for The New York Times Jose O. Sucuzhanay, an Ecuadorean, was on life support. Enlarge This Image Uli Seit for The New York Times Three Sucuzhanay brothers — from left, Romel, Diego and Pedro — last week leaving Elmhust Hospital Center in Queens, where Jose Sucuzhanay had been on life support. The victim, Jose O. Sucuzhanay, died on Friday night at Elmhurst Hospital Center as his mother was traveling from Ecuador to see him one last time, said the family spokesman, Francisco Moya. Mr. Sucuzhanay’s family had kept him on life support in anticipation of his mother’s arriva