A boy was bullied with anti-immigrant taunts. His mom was beaten when she defended him

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(CNN)A 13-year-old New Jersey boy faces assault charges for allegedly attacking the mother of a classmate, after the classmate reported him to school officials for anti-immigrant taunts, the Passaic County Prosecutor's Office said in a media release.

The mother, identified as Beronica Ruiz by her attorney, Daniel Santiago, told authorities she was walking down a street in Passaic, New Jersey, with her 1-year-old baby and her 12-year-old son on June 19 when she and her son were attacked.

Santiago told CNN that the conflict began at school the day before the attack, when the 13-year-old and some other boys chanted "go back to Mexico" to a group of students in the cafeteria.

Ruiz's son, who is an American citizen, replied, "What are you talking about? We all come from immigrants," the attorney said.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/26/us/new-jersey-mom-beaten-xenophobic-taunts-trnd/index.html?ofs=fbia

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[Bluepinky]

1. Horrific. Why do I think this bully's parents are loud, obnoxious jerks who support Donald?

He beat up a woman, I hope she sues this kid and his family for triple the cost of her medical bills.

[Archae]

2. In previous stories about this, one particular fact came out.

The 13 year old bully and his cronies are black.

No, this doesn't make it worse or excuse them, but it shows that hatred knows no color.

[Bluepinky]

3. That does change my perspective on it.

Now I feel like there’s a hierarchy of hate, and the immigrants are at the bottom (even if they aren’t immigrants).

I had assumed the bullies were white.

[Archae]

4. Like Felix said to Oscar on "The Odd Couple"...

"Never assume, because it just makes an ass of you and me!"