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Judge: Day laborers' rights violated

A federal court judge has ruled in favor of two Mexican day laborers who say their civil rights were violated when they were brutally beaten by two white men in Shirley in 2000.

Injured Laborers File $66M Suit

Two Mexican day laborers have filed a federal civil rights lawsuit seeking $66 million in damages from two men charged with brutally beating them in Shirley last year, as well as seven groups they say created an environment supporting violence against Latino immigrants.

25-Year Sentence In Beatings

The actions of Christopher Slavin, the white supremacist convicted of trying to kill two Farmingville day laborers just because they were Mexican, were different only in scale from those of the terrorists who flew planes into the World Trade Center, Suffolk County Court Judge Charles Cacciabaudo said yesterday before imposing sentence on Slavin.

'I Still Have the Scars,' Day Laborer Testifies

Appearing relaxed, former day laborer Israel Perez told a Suffolk jury yesterday how he narrowly escaped a Shirley industrial site with his life last year and how mental and physical scars from that day still affect him.

25 Years for Attack

Before a packed Riverhead courtroom yesterday, a tearful Ryan Wagner apologized for luring two Mexican day laborers from Farmingville with the promise of work and nearly killing them.

Appeal in Beating Focuses on Tattoos

During Christopher Slavin's trial for attempted murder for beating two day laborers from Farmingville, prosecutors introduced photos of his tattoos as evidence of his motive for the crime.

Victim: Worries on Day of Attack

Magdaleno Estrada Escamilla had a feeling something was wrong one Sunday morning last September in Shirley, he told a Riverhead jury yesterday.

Revisiting Farmingville

Rich Wheaton was long angry about the day laborers who gather on Farmingville's streets each morning, but when two of those workers were brutally beaten 2 1/2 years ago, he was sickened.

Text of the Civil Suit

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