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Graffiti suspects not charged with hate crimes

Despite the racist and sexually offensive scribblings that police say three Shirley men painted with shoe polish on as many as 40 cars in Mastic, Suffolk police are not charging the suspects with hate crimes, saying the acts of vandalism were "hate incidents," Suffolk's top cop said Friday.

"These were three guys who went down to that street to just put their stuff on the cars for fun," Commissioner...

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