[laughter] talks about hate crimes against latinos in the u. S. What she says has been increasing in frequency as the antiiteration backlash grows. She tells the largest story through the case of marcello a 37yearold ecuadorian immigrant who was beaten to death by a group of teenagers on long island in 2008. This is about 25 minutes. I feel like im in my living room having a conversation. I am really very glad that you were here tonight. I almost didnt make it, but that is another story. As many of you know, my book hunting season is about a horrible crime that took place november 8, 2008 in long island when a group of teenagers attacked and killed an immigrant from ecuador. His name was marcello. He wasnt alone that night. He was walking with his friend who survived the attack but marcelo did not. There were many reasons i was a track to the story. One of them was the nature of the crime. I found out very early on that these young people coming and cy were very young. They went to ent