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Pickets at Newsday decry hate crime cartoon

Quick ReadAbout 20 people picketed Newsday's office, expressing anger over a syndicated cartoon in Sunday's paper.

Demonstrators protest against Newsday in front of the

Photo credit: Karen Wiles Stabile | Demonstrators protest against Newsday in front of the Newsday building. (November 18, 2009)

About 20 people picketed Newsday's office in Melville Wednesday, expressing anger over a syndicated cartoon in Sunday's paper that joked about a hate crime.

Carrying signs that read "Boycott Newsday," the protesters demanded that editor John Mancini be fired.

The demonstrators said they were outraged that a Mallard Fillmore cartoon strip appeared just a week after the one-year anniversary...

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