Article: Teen's menacing 'minimized': Hispanic elected officials say local cops failed to contact county police's hate crimes bureau for help.

Byline: John Moreno Gonzales

May 11--Two of Suffolk's Hispanic elected officials said yesterday they were dismayed that East Hampton Town police did not call county bias crime investigators after a 15-year-old boy with suspected neo-Nazi tendencies was accused of threatening two Latino teens with a machete and a running chain saw. State Assemb. Phil Ramos and Suffolk County Legis. Ricardo Montano said East Hampton Town police should have contacted the Suffolk County Police Hate Crime Bureau to probe the April 29 incident. Town detectives filed charges of menacing and reckless endangerment against the boy, neither of which meets the legal standards to ...

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