A grand jury has cleared an NYPD officer and three other men of assault charges in the case that saw the alleged black victim accusing the group of four Hispanics of being racially motivated in their attack. 52-year-old Darryl Jackson had said that the men called him the n-word and told him to "go back to Africa" in the Sunday morning altercation at a Roosevelt deli that he says involved them beating him with a bat. But a physician could not find evidence of a bat attack. The DA said, "Different people saw various portions of the incident and nearly all of them managed to see something completely different." Jackson told reporters, "What proof did they need? For me to be dead? I feel like I'm a victim twice." He plans to file federal charges claiming that his civil rights were violated. Officer Juan Nunez, who has has been on modified duty since being charged, will now return to the force full time. Fernando Mateo, president of Hispanics Across America, said of the decision, "We must stop invoking the word hate whenever a person of color is involved in an altercation."
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