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After immigrant killed in NY, others tell of abuse

PATCHOGUE, N.Y. (AP) — The high school buddies who trolled the streets looking for Hispanics to attack called it "beaner hopping."

"Jose, Kevin and I started popping and Jose punched him so hard he knocked him out," Anthony Hartford told police, according to prosecutors.

Hartford said he didn't do it often: "Maybe only once a week."

There had been other high-profile attacks on...

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