The town’s police chief offered the same assessment.
“It had to be someone who knew that a Black family lived there,” said Ocean Beach Police Chief George Hesse.
“It’s a shame that after all these years and all of the things that he’s accomplished in his life,” Hesse added, “that he has to put up with this crap.”
That a hate crime would target a Black family in a place as remote and historically tolerant as Fire Island reflects the virulent climate in the U.S. ahead of the 2020 presidential election.
A place from a bygone era
Located about four miles off the south shore of…
