Rodriguez was struck following a heated argument with the relative of a person who lives near the memorial over its placement. Rodriguez had been outspoken against gang violence after Cuevas and Mickens were attacked and killed with machetes and baseball bats in 2016. “The MS-13 gang is so unpredictable you just don’t know who is who with them,” Rodriguez said. She later sued the Brentwood School District for $110 million over claims that it ignored warnings that MS-13 gang members were threatening her daughter, saying employees had failed to act. An MS-13 member last month pleaded guilty to a killing four men who he believed to be rival gang members in nearby Central Islip, N.Y..

Source: Fox News September 15, 2018 07:42 UTC