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Detective Charged With Hate Crime After Alleged Racial Attack In Suffolk County Detective Charged With Hate Crime After Alleged Racial Attack In Suffolk County
Detective Charged With Hate Crime After Alleged Racial Attack In Suffolk County A Long Island police detective faces hate crime charges after allegedly harassing a worker and damaging his vehicle in what authorities say was a racially motivated incident. The altercation occurred on Sunday, Nov. 3, around 7 p.m. in Manorville, near the corner of Sylvan Court and Weeks Avenue.  Suffolk County Police say John Murphy, age 40, a detective with the Rockville Centre Police Department, approached a subcontractor for a cellular company who was sitting in a GMC Terrain and began questioning him.  Murphy allegedly claimed to be a law enforcement officer, refused to exa…

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by Joe Lombardi
Schools
Swastikas, Racial Slur Found Carved Into Tree At Long Island Middle School Swastikas, Racial Slur Found Carved Into Tree At Long Island Middle School
Swastikas, Racial Slur Found Carved Into Tree At Long Island Middle School An investigation is underway after antisemitic symbols and a racial slur were found carved into a tree at a Long Island middle school. The carvings were found Thursday, Nov. 3, in Lynbrook at South Lynbrook Middle School, according to Nassau County Police. Investigators were contacted by the school’s principal, who told police that someone carved at least four swastikas and a racial slur into a tree behind the school, located near Union and Prospect avenues. The swastikas measure approximately four inches by four inches, police said. Nassau County Police asked anyone with information to …

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by Michael Mashburn