3 arrests over racist anti-Obama graffiti

By Associated Press | Friday, November 21, 2008 | http://www.bostonherald.com | Northeast

MASTIC, New York - New York police say they’ve arrested three people accused of spray painting about 40 vehicles with racist graffiti, including messages targeting President-elect Barack Obama.

The incident occurred Nov. 12 in Mastic, Long Island, just days after an Ecuadorean immigrant was fatally stabbed in a confrontation with seven teenagers in Patchogue, about 10 miles (16 kilometers) away.

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