Levy: I was wrong about hate-crime media coverage

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Source: News Day

Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy said Thursday that he was wrong to call the hate-crime killing of an Ecuadorean man "a one-day story" and to argue that the slaying received undue attention because of his immigration policies.

"It was absolutely the wrong time for me to suggest that coverage of events in Suffolk is treated differently by the media," Levy said in a letter to Newsday. "The horrible incident is indeed more than a one-day story. It was a reminder of how far we as a society still have to go."

The letter came two days after Levy said the Patchogue stabbing death of Marcello Lucero, 38, by seven teenage boys who police said were looking to harm a Hispanic man "would be a one-day story" had it occurred in Nassau County. In an interview and in prepared statements Monday and Tuesday, Levy argued that there was no nexus between his anti-illegal-immigration policies and Lucero's death.

Since taking office in 2004, Levy has fought for and signed legislation to bar undocumented immigrants from working for county contractors and county licensees. He also invited federal immigration officials to the county jail and has had harsh relations with Long Island immigrant activists.


Read more: http://www.newsday.com/news/local/ny-lilevy1412172833nov14,0,232152.story

[RedLetterRev]

1. K/R

The hate has GOT to stop. It has become a national sickness.

[UpInArms]

2. McShame and Failin racheted up the rhetoric to a fever pitch

during their campaign.

These people either don't understand or worse do understand and continue on their merry way to a very hot fire - hopefully, they will save a seat for Dimson and the BFEE

[RedLetterRev]

3. Yes they did, purposefully and malice aforethought

but what they didn't count on is the stone-cold fact that we vastly outnumber them and are gaining ground. If they get too far out of hand and don't step in line they will be smacked down hard. How hard depends on their attitude and willingness to get along with polite, decent society.

I've noticed something in the past few days. I've been listening to more news and less music radio. I've been watching Obama's picks from across the aisle to handle upcoming business. When there's a Republican involved, s/he is a moderate, non-BFEE type. The neoKKKons are being cut out, totally sidelined. It must be killing them. There's whole new more powerful machine coming into play and they aren't in it. He's picking and chosing because he can. There's a hella machine behind him -- us; not the few.

There are some subtle things going on, and the little chess pieces are starting to make a beautiful pattern. The Bushklan must be crapping up their backs. I'm lovin' it.