“This whole thing is stereotypes,” said Vincenzo (Jimmy) DeMaria, who is serving a life sentence for the Toronto “execution” of Vincenzo Figliomeni, 37.
Accused mobster and convicted killer Vincenzo DeMaria says he’s a victim of negative ethnic profiling because he was born in Italy.DeMaria, a baker and York Region businessman, spent 17 years in Ontario prisons after being convicted of second-degree murder in 1982, and continues to serve a life sentence on parole. He blamed crooked police, a greedy police agent, a drug habit and negative profiling for much of his woes.
He said it’s hard for people with Italian heritage to get into some professional schools like law in Canada, because of profiling.He said he had hoped that his son, Carlo DeMaria, 48, would become a lawyer. Instead, Carlo works in the finance and insurance businesses, he told the hearing. “He wanted to earn as much as he could,” DeMaria said, adding that he would like the chance to question the agent.
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