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Clifford added that investigators interviewed 50 potential victims and witnesses. "There is no
credible evidence that Greene acted with other police officers," he said.
The police department came under Justice Department scrutiny following the 2008 hate crime killing
of an Ecuadorean immigrant and reached an agreement with the agency in 2013 to enhance
investigations of hate crimes and bias incidents. The killing focused attention on Suffolk County,
which has seen an influx of immigrants from Central and South America in the past 15 years.
Some speakers at Thursday's press conference called for the Justice Department to reopen its
investigation in Suffolk County. The Justice Department press office did not immediately respond to
a request for comment.
The Southern Poverty Law Center issued a report after the 2008 killing of immigrant Marcelo
Lucero, documenting repeated attacks on Hispanics in Suffolk County since 2000. Seven Long Island
teenagers were convicted in the Lucero case. The victim's brother, Joselo Lucero, was among the
speakers at Thursday's press conference.
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