
COMPTON, CA – JANUARY 25, 2013: Graffiti marred steeple on the Greater Holy Faith Baptist Church on 155th Street in Compton on JANUARY 25, 2013. Members of 155th Street Gang have been arrested for hate crimes in the neighborhood. Neighbors say the black ministers don’t live in the area and go to the church only on Sundays. ( Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times )
*It’s kind of surreal to know that Blacks in Compton of all places are being hated on and terrorized by Latinos.
Well, not by all Latinos, but by Latino gang bangers. Two of them pleaded guilty Thursday to federal hate crime charges stemming from racially motivated attacks on four black youngsters as part of a campaign of terror aimed at forcing African Americans out of west Compton.
The guilty pleas from Jeffrey “Turkey” Aguilar, 20, and Efren “Looney” Marquez, 22, mark the first convictions in the Los Angeles region under the federal Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, reports the LA Times.
Prosecutors say the men beat a black teenager on New Year’s Eve with a metal pipe and threatened a second juvenile with a gun. Aguilar, Marquez and other Compton 155 gang members then turned their threats and racial epithets toward members of a black household where the teenager had fled.
Under questioning from U.S. District Judge Terry J. Hatter Jr. on Thursday, Aguilar pleaded guilty to using the metal pipe against the teenager because of his race and acknowledged being a member of Compton Varrio 155.
“I assaulted him … caused him bodily injury,” Aguilar said.
Marquez pleaded guilty to threatening to shoot the second black juvenile because of his race and driving the assailants.
“I threatened the person by telling them I was going to shoot,” Marquez told the judge, adding he “never had a weapon.”
But Hatter, who is also black, pointed out the threat alone was the crime.
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36 thoughts on “2 Latinos Plead Guilty to Hate Crimes Against Blacks in Compton”
October 18, 2013 at 6:25 am
South Central LA has been predominately Hispanic since the 60’s. The movie “Colors” was written for Chicago but denied permission to film so was re-written for Los Angeles. The “Crips” & “Bloods” street gang dominance is an Hollywood fabrication
October 18, 2013 at 9:15 am
I bet to differ…Compton and Watts USED to be predominately black until the Mexicans started coming over here like locusts. Now Los Angeles is predominately Mexican and more than half are probably illegal.
October 18, 2013 at 9:28 am
@ Stephanie before it was called “Compton” it was called “Watts” in the 50’s & 60’s & yes predominately Hispanic. The original “Angelenos” didn’t flock any where like “locust” because they were already here after being forced out after the “Mexican-American War” they migrated back in the 1930’s, try talking to some older residence or picking up a damn Book & leave that racist bullsh!t to some one less educated, California was originally called “Mexico”
October 18, 2013 at 12:00 pm
On the topic of “picking up a damn Book & leave that racist bullsh!t to some one less educated”, let’s start with an article from the NYTimes – “In Years Since the Riots, a Changed Complexion in South Central.”
“the population of the area has changed significantly in the time since the acquittal of white police officers in the Rodney King beating inflamed racial tensions across this city.
Today, immigrants from Mexico and Central America live on blocks that generations ago were the only places African-Americans could live.
In the 1990s, black residents made up roughly half the population in South Central. Today, Latinos account for about two-thirds of the residents in what is now called South Los Angeles — “Central” was officially scrubbed from the neighborhood’s name by the City Council in 2003. In the 20-some square miles that make up the area, stretching southwest of downtown from the Santa Monica Freeway to the Century Freeway and as far west as Inglewood, there are 80,000 fewer blacks than there were in 1990.
Didn’t somene said, “It’s better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.”
October 18, 2013 at 12:20 pm
@ Red if 50% of the registered voters are Hispanic what percentage of the unregistered residence do you believe are Hispanic almost 70% of the businesses & homes are Hispanic owned & operated when I drive through there & has been most of my life. Your an idiot you searches out propaganda to match your limited intellect & life experience check out “Latino America” on PBS. Chicago is only 1/3 Hispanic but they own 60% of all small businesses (guess why) & like my Uncle who is the owner a Media duplication company in Southern California I also speak Spanish fluently idiot
October 18, 2013 at 12:24 pm
The “Avenues” Latino street gang chased out all the African-American families out of Lincoln Heights my families old area over 20 years ago
October 18, 2013 at 12:37 pm
Oh, so now you are switching your argument to the present and not from your previous quote about “South Central LA has been predominately Hispanic since the 60′s”
I guess this is an argument I won’t win even though it is obvious to everyone that your quote is not valid. But for anyone who has any doubt surrounding the lack of validity of that quote, you can do an internet search on the topic (Interesting that the person who made this outlandish quote hasn’t provided any reputable sources to support it). A rather comprehensive source on the topic, despite the humility in the heading, is “A brief (and by no means complete) history of Black Los Angeles. Happy Black History Month!”
Excerpts:
By 1960, Los Angeles had the fifth largest black population in the US, and one larger than any city in the South.
From 1985 to 1990, 61,773 blacks moved out of Los Angeles County to other counties of the Southland. Many more blacks left California altogether, most often for Southern states like Florida, Texas, Georgia, and other areas of America’s so-called Black Belt.
October 18, 2013 at 12:55 pm
South Central LA doesn’t exist anymore “idiot” the city changed its name to South LA about 15 years ago & it is now & always has been predominantly Hispanic as it should be my family migrated there in the 50’s. Along with Lincoln Heights & Lancaster I know those communities as well as I do Chicago & many African-Americans there also speak Spanish. When Ice Cube & B-Real had a beef in the 90’s Ice Cube had to “bow down” because the Latin Gangs who run Southern California threaten to wipe the “Black Gangs” off the map, they out number black gang member 10 to 1 moron. Keep watching movies & living life vicariously through those of us who travel & experience it I also served in the Marine Corps there
October 19, 2013 at 8:00 am
“South Central LA doesn’t exist anymore “idiot” the city changed its name to South LA about 15 years ago”
So didn’t you also used the term “South Central LA” in your first statement? So are you calling yourself an “idiot”?
The writer of the article acknowledged the name change, saying: “Central” was officially scrubbed from the neighborhood’s name by the City Council in 2003.”
The term “South Central” was used for reference and comparison.
But is that all you have to say to refute the article, which clearly refutes all the drivel that you have been spewing on this topic?
October 18, 2013 at 1:05 pm
@ Reds FYI moron South Central LA was an actual city not neighborhood & Los Angeles is actually a county comprised of 17 distinct cities with there own Mayors, Government & jurisdiction overwhelmingly Hispanic
October 18, 2013 at 2:13 pm
“Wow”, this is the first time I heard that South Central or South Los Angeles as it is called today,was predominately Latino in the 1960s. All these years I thought it was predominately Black until the Latinos began to slowly move in during the 1980s and by the early 1990s, so many had migrated to Los Angeles, they began to outnumber Blacks. My question is why do all documentaries filmed and books written on Blacks in Los Angeles never mention this predominant Latino population in the 1960s and onward?
October 18, 2013 at 2:28 pm
People believe “Colors” was reality it was actually written about the “Black Gangster Diciples” & “Vice Lords” of Chicago, but Chicago fed up with its “Gangster City” image refused them permission to film so they re-wrote it for Los Angeles & the rest is Hollywood Folklore. Have you people ever actually been to California & how do you think the Mexican Mafia control Southern California & its prison system yet the “Black Gangster Diciples” control Chicago & the Illinois prison system Duuuuuuuuuh
October 18, 2013 at 2:58 pm
I am from Northern California, and I have never heard of Latinos dominating Los Angeles until the early 1990s. I am also talking about real historical documentaries and books about the history of Southern Los Angeles, not some silly movie. Of course the Mexican Mafia controls the Southern California prison system because of the steady migration of Latinos pouring into Los Angeles who end up joining gangs and end up in prison.
October 18, 2013 at 3:14 pm
@ Txr1000 have difficulty buying your California Claim my family migrated to what was “Watts” in 1954 & even then the population along with the businesses were majority Hispanic had concentrated Black communities but since Hispanics moved back into Southern California in the 30’s its been Hispanic. Since the late 80’s there has been Hispanic street gangs focused on removing Black Families “Los Avenues” at the instruction of the “Mexican Mafia”, the mayor has had several news conferences & instituted a task force to address this really!
October 18, 2013 at 3:26 pm
AL Hill II, face it you don’t know what the hell your talking about and you pretty much got your ass handed to you SO kick rocks. txrf1000 is absolutely correct on his assessment of Los Angeles and California as a whole…For every 10 people in Southern California, 8 of them are Mexicans and probably 4 are here illegally…
October 18, 2013 at 3:46 pm
I spent my Summers in Southern California with my family attended Boot camp in San Diego & was stationed with the @ Camp Pendlton with the 2nd Marines & my cousin is an Lieutenant with the California Highway Patrol Txr1000 is a liar Blacks have never enjoyed a majority in Southern California in any community you imbeciles google it morons
October 18, 2013 at 4:17 pm
Chicago as the 2nd largest Hispanic population outside Los Angeles the South Side of Chicago the Largest African American Neighborhood in the United States & were I patrolled as an Sheriff’s Deputy & several hundred miles away from Mexico is 1/3 Hispanic & your saying that Southern Los Angeles will have a smaller percentage Hispanic population than that. Makes you guys by far the dumbest collection of Americans I’ve ever come across. Having new aluminum siding installed on my house right now their just finishing & only 1 female speaks broken English guess were their from & I’m in suburban Chicago
October 18, 2013 at 4:24 pm
First of all,Al, I was born in Northern California. I am a native,so don’t go there.Also,how are you going to call me a liar Al, when what you claim has no proof. You are the only person that I have ever heard in my entire life, who has made these weird statements about Blacks and Latinos in 1960s Los Angeles.
I have already googled your claims ,and there is nothing on the internet to back your claims.
By the way, you talk about reading books. Name a book that backs your claims. Too , no one is saying that Los Angeles has a smaller percentage of Latinos at this point. It sounds to me that you are bored and feel like getting a rise out of people.
October 18, 2013 at 4:43 pm
Txrf1000 your a liar & your not in California what Martin Luther King Jr was doing in the South & Chicago, Ceasar Chavez was doing @ the exact same time in Southern California for Hispanics check out the PBS documentary “Latino America” we have suburban cities in Illinois that are majority Hispanic. The Blacks in Southern California migrated like my family from the South, they were never able to be the majority in Southern United states were they came from but migrated some where else & became the majority. Snoop Dogg’s family is from Mayflower Mississippi & Nate Dogg is from Clarksdale Mississippi. Your a liar & a fraud so Chicago several hundred miles from Mexico huge Hispanic population Los Angeles 80 miles not so much, one of the workers just told me he believes California is actually 80% Hispanic & always has I speak fluent Spanish
October 19, 2013 at 6:19 am
“The Blacks in Southern California migrated like my family from the South, they were never able to be the majority in Southern United states were they came from but migrated some where else & became the majority.”
Take your own advice and pick up a book. I recommend this article: “A brief (and by no means complete) history of Black Los Angeles. Happy Black History Month!”
In the 1930s, the character of black migration to Los Angeles changed. From 1890 – 1915, most were aspiring members of the black middle class, arriving from Atlanta, New Orleans, Shreveport, and Texas. However, the Great Migration that had seen many blacks leave the South for northern cities largely bypassed Los Angeles. In the 1930s, about 25,000 blacks — usually from much poorer backgrounds — arrived largely from Dallas, Houston, and New Orleans.
Yes, many blacks migrated from the south, going way back to the 1930s, adding to the black population to make blacks a majority in South Central LA.
I completely fail to see the logic in your statement: “they were never able to be the majority in Southern United states where they came from but migrated some where else & became the majority.”
So because blacks could not be a majority in “Southern States”, that prevented them from becoming a majority in the much smaller area formerly called “South Central” LA? Or did you forget that’s where we (and you) are talking about?
Re your first statement: “South Central LA has been predominately Hispanic since the 60′s”.
You seem to becoming completely unhinged.
October 18, 2013 at 5:07 pm
The Workforce Ladder:
Overcrowding the Bottom Rung
By Larry Buford
[Excerpt from: “Things Are Gettin’ Outta Hand”]
[Now here’s a story for you…”The guide pointed at individual men and evaluated their potential to be…useful…Those deemed expendable were described one at a time: this one too tall; he is too ‘cocky’; that one a ‘loafer’; another ‘lazy and irresponsible’; he’s a ‘smart aleck’; this one a ‘lady-killer’…” Does this sound like a scene from an 1800’s slave auction in America? Well it’s actually taken from the non-fiction book by Gilbert Gonzalez, “Guest Workers or Colonized Labor?”; describing a group of Mexican braceros – members of a guest worker program of the United States.
The braceros, just like black slaves, were exploited by American big business. Without attempting to add to this equation all the other social factors challenging blacks and Latinos today, I would like to focus only on the labor aspect.
The culprits in today’s discussion about illegal immigration are the United States and Mexican (South American) governments – not the people. It’s as if they’re saying, “let the people fight it out!” There has been no real leadership from either side of the border on this issue. It will be interesting to see how the newly authored U.S. Immigration Bill shakes out. One of the highlights of the bill is to require employers to electronically verify citizenship status of employee prospects.]
Why fight among ourselves when we’re in the same boat?
October 19, 2013 at 6:50 am
California was admitted into the Union as a “Non-Slavery” state, even though 1/3 of the original US settlers were Black, California has never had an significant Black populace, check the “Census Data” Morons. Even those state who had huge slavery populations {Mississippi, Louisiana & Texas} barely get into the double digits in African-American population. The media & bigots portrayed & reported that all the crime in California was caused by African-Americans from South Central so they perceived it was majority Black like idiots like “Reds”. Like most perceive Chicago is mostly “Black” & its not it just achieved 1/3 for (Black-White-Hispanic) but growing up there were neighborhoods Blacks couldn’t live, walk through or even Drive through without them taking your “Black A$$” to jail. The 4 “Chocolate Cities” Chicago, New Orleans Atlanta & DC are majority white but the crime reported & the perception (bigoted) is there all “Black” you “Retard”. Newt Gingrich was elected out of Atlanta, Richard Ramirez “The Night Stalker” 3rd generation South Central resident stalked there on foot (didn’t own a car) & everyone he killed was White or Hispanic, how did he blend in & Cheech Marin of “Cheech & Chong” was born & raised there. Why do African-Americans more than anyone else buy into the racist reporting & perception of ourselves does being that stupid hurt your heads
October 19, 2013 at 7:38 am
As I said, you are becoming unhinged, apparently unable to keep focus on the present discussion. We are talking about the area you referred to as “South Central” LA, not the state of California. Neither I, nor txrf1000 insinuated that California was ever majority black.
South Los Angeles, formerly South Central, has not been predominately Hispanic since the 60′s, as you claim. That’s the point which you need to defend, and cease with your trivial diversionary tactics, name calling included.
“idiots, retard … all seem to be references more applicable to you.
October 19, 2013 at 7:49 am
Did any of you “self hating retards” pay any attention to Ice Cube’s interviews on why he made the Movie “Friday” or to the movie its self. He said he made the movie “because all the movies being made, made South Central look like the Pit of Hell Ghetto but growing up there he laughed more than he cried” He like me, grew up in an middle class 2 parent home that his family owned & like me he went off to college “University of California Long Beach” & got discovered by “NWA”. In the movie the neighborhood next to theirs was Hispanic “the ones that got Smokey high on Sherm” & his family migrated to California from Texas, he & DJ. Puff used aspects of their real life & real South Central LA & their family stories. My family was in the neighboring Lincoln Heights & was similar but they do live in Simi Valley & Buena Vista now but South Central & most of the crime & people there & in Southern California is & always has been mostly Hispanic & White “Don’t believe the Hype”
October 19, 2013 at 8:10 am
@ Reds Txrf1000 is a white racist pretending to be in California, didn’t you pay attention to his statements I’ve only “Heard about Southern California & South LA”, yet he lives in the North. I’m in Chicago but I know what’s in Southern Illinois because I’ve been there not just heard & everyone in Baton Rouge knows New Orleans & I just left Oakland visiting my newly elected Fraternity President last Month, everyone in northern California believe its 75% Hispanic & Southern California 85% Hispanic. I’ve met very few people in Illinois who have never been to Disney World & he’s 8 hours north & has never been there (Southern California) & the drinking age in Tijuana Mexico is the money in your pocket all I saw there was 16 & 18 year olds from the north as they all “road trip” to do & he has never been through Southern California. Reds your either very young or very stupid I think both
October 19, 2013 at 9:37 am
Dude, at the risk of seeming repetitive, you do seem to becoming at least a bit unhinged. Txrf1000 statements so far were measured and seem lacking in any bias. He says he was born in California, and he used that knowledge along with information gathered from valid sources to refute your claim that “South Central LA has been predominately Hispanic since the 60′s.”
Whether or not Txrf1000 is actually from California, or not, is irrelevant to the supporting facts presented to make his argument. This is just one argument that you are not going to win, based on your initial claim.
October 19, 2013 at 8:17 am
It was South Central when Richard Ramirez terrorized it & when Cheech Marin’s father was a police detective there & George Lopez grew up there also. Get away from your phone or computer & get some real life experienced unless your handicap then I do apologize
October 19, 2013 at 10:12 am
Is South Central was predominately Black why have all the Mayors & City Fathers been White or Hispanic. Oakland has numerically & Historically a larger African-American population than South LA, that’s why the “Black Panthers Party” & the “Black Guerilla Family” were founded there. But the News Movies & racist “Krackers” lead morons like you that South Central was the Black & crime epicenter. Your what’s wrong with our people so stupid you believe “Rap Videos” & what others say about us, I’ve played college football 10 years as a Marine Corps reservist served in War traveled most of this country have a Masters Degree & been on 5 of the 7 continents & learned observation is 10X more valuable than documentation as a young man I’ve been drunk as Hell all over South Central with my Cousins & Uncles. You can’t tell me a damn thing you idiot. Let people like myself uplift the race while morons like you keep drinking the “Kool-Aid”. He’s sold you on the bigoted crap he’s heard & seen on TV rather than what I’ve seen
October 19, 2013 at 11:31 am
“Is South Central was predominately Black why have all the Mayors & City Fathers been White or Hispanic.”
So with all your so called LA experience, you have never heard of Tom Bradley? He was elected In 1973, as mayor, the first black mayor of a major western American city. He went on to serve for 20 years, the longest tenure of any mayor in the city’s history.
And what’s up with all this talk about black crime and gangs?
How did that even got into the conversation. Are you not aware that’s a conversation you are carrying on solely with yourself? Is this to start another conversation to deflect from your initial moronic comments?
October 19, 2013 at 11:40 am
Tom Bradley was the Mayor of LA County South LA, Malibu, Hollywood, North Hollywood East LA all have there own Mayors, Los Angeles is made up of 17 separate cities you really are stupid I can’t deal with “dumb asses” like you
October 19, 2013 at 1:39 pm
Since you want to get into minutia, Los Angeles county is home to 88 (not 17) cities.
You can call me stupid, and bring up all the other topics to deflect attention, but there is nothing that will validate your moronic comment that “South Central LA has been predominately Hispanic since the 60′s.”
October 19, 2013 at 1:27 pm
Wonder why so many people are entertaining Al Hill II.
Let’s see, he loves to call names, uses middle-aged, played out rappers as part of his arguments that seem to go all over the place, and there’s the bad grammar.
“… I’ve played college football 10 years as a Marine Corps reservist served in War traveled most of this country have a Masters Degree…(Wow, really?) … as a young man I’ve been drunk as Hell all over South Central with my Cousins & Uncles.”
I’d say he could use that drink (and maybe a Norco) right about…now.
October 19, 2013 at 1:49 pm
” I’d say he could use that drink (and maybe a Norco) right about…now.”
I figured as much.
For someone to say “South Central LA has been predominately Hispanic since the 60′s”, you are either delusional or an agent provocateur, aka troll.
I think I will take your advice. It’s hopeless trying to argue with someone based on facts, when the person only insists on making outrageous claims with no source to back it up, except his own observational ability, which seems suspect at best.
But I suspect he may have begun to realize how ridiculous his claim was. Notice the numerous attempts at diversion.
October 19, 2013 at 1:49 pm
Just like Chicago smaller towns have suburbs (Cicero little Village Lawndale) & townships but not self sufficient & LA is now & always will be an extension of Mexico, you don’t see any African-American “Murals” or any soul food or Rib establishments on every corner like you see “taco stands” you broke A** Moron, travel further than you Mommas house & you may see this
October 27, 2013 at 8:17 am
A hate crime is a hate crime, regardless of who did what to who. It doesn’t matter whether or not whites/blacks/latinos/Asians/etc… are the majority in a particular area. Respect for all people regardless of skin color is the rule of law. I roll my eyes when the article is about a hate crime, and the comments consist of people arguing whether or not this area of CA are predominately populated by Blacks or Latinos-this is stupid.
October 27, 2013 at 8:50 am
This has been going on for decades about 15 years ago some “Los Avenues” members looking for African-Americans to shoot came across a little girl chased her into an alley & shot her dead & only got caught because the next week in broad day light shot at a Black guy @ a bus stop & a police officer was right there. The outgoing mayoral administration set up a “task force” to little or no success, let’s hope the new incoming administration has more success. This was 1 of the 1st “Hate Crime” convictions so its a start