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Cop's Family Pleads Not Guilty to Hate Crime
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Jaya Saxena
Published Jun 12, 2010
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The family of a retired New York City Police Department lieutenant pleaded not guilty to an alleged hate crime that occurred in April. Officer Kelly's wife and son, Danielle and Frank, were accused along with three others of spitting on Marina Myaskovskaya and hurling anti-Russian slurs at her. Myaskovskaya, who has lived in Staten Island for over ten years, told NY1, "They were cursing saying immigrants all of you are going to be dead. It is time to clean this neighborhood from Russians. One of the kids says he has a gun at home and he is going to come and shoot my husband kill my son." She also claims Danielle threatened to punch her in the face.
Danielle Kelly is charged with third-degree assault and her son is charged with aggravated harassment as a hate crime. The Kelly's lawyer said, "The events that are alleged in the complaint or [sic] not the events that actually transpired that day. And at that point when the trail is upon us, the fact will be presented to the court."
Myaskovskaya said she just wants justice. "Honestly, I would be very upset if they're just gonna walk away from it. Because they did make our lives miserable. They made—for two years, the lives for every Russian kid of this community miserable." The community has held a number of meetings to discuss the incident, and attendees were apparently instructed not to speak to the press.
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