Hate crimes

The off-duty cop allegedly attacked a cellphone company employee at work in the defendant's Manorville neighborhood, yelling a racial slur and damaging the employee's work vehicle.

The brother of an Ecuadorian immigrant attacked by a group of teens and fatally stabbed on a Patchogue street in 2008 spoke to Riverhead Middle School students today about the consequences of bullying and hate. Here’s what he had to say.