Hate crime

[Rakesh Bhandari]

Marta, I noticed in a follow up article on the torture of Eric
Krochmaluk--again in the Metro section, not the front page--there was
little attention given to him or his family; the focus instead seemed to be
the depressed conditions of bayside New Jersey town. I didn't get the
impression that the intent was to justify the horrific things these thugs
did by reference to their economic conditions, but the neglect in the
coverage is nonetheless striking.
Yours, Rakesh