Increased attention to crimes against Hispanics following the November 2008 stabbing death of an Ecuadorean immigrant in Patchogue contributed to a nearly 30 percent jump in hate-crime reports in Suffolk County, a police official said Friday.
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Increased attention to crimes against Hispanics following the November 2008 stabbing death of an Ecuadorean immigrant in Patchogue contributed to a nearly 30 percent jump in hate-crime reports in Suffolk County, a police official said Friday.