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Rockville Centre PD Detective Charged With Hate Crime After Alleged Racial Attack Rockville Centre PD Detective Charged With Hate Crime After Alleged Racial Attack
Rockville Centre PD Detective Charged With Hate Crime After Alleged Racial Attack 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