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Vol. 20 No. 28
JUlY 9 - 15, 2020
Protesters struck by SUV East Meadow man is among those injured at BLM march the driver sped up when he saw the protesters. A number of them fled, but he and some othA Coram man drove his SUV ers stood in place, hoping the into a group of Black Lives Mat- driver would slow down or brake ter protesters marching on before hitting them. Broadway in Huntington Station Cambareri continued to drive on Monday night, according to after striking Bennett, who lay the Suffolk County injured in a puddle Police Department. on the side of the Two protesters were street. He added in struck and injured, his post that the including a 26-yearo t h e r p ro t e s t e r s old East Meadow chased the car down man who bounced before police off the hood of the arrived. vehicle and sus“This man tried tained damages to to kill people with his wrist, arm and his car, and is not back. and will not be servJeremiah Ben- JEREmIAH ing any time, nett, 26, and another BENNETT because they injured protester charged him a . . . Black Lives Matter were treated for nonmisdemeanor,” Benlife-threatening inju- protester nett wrote on Faceries at Huntington book. “He easily Hospital following the incident, could have been charged with a police said. B or C felony had the arresting The driver Anthony Cam- officers chose to charge him bareri, 36, was charged with with vehicular assault, assault third-degree assault, but an in the first or second, assault arraignment date has not yet with a deadly weapon, or been set. Cambareri was not attempted murder. And fleeing injured. The vehicle, a 2018 Toyo- the scene of a crime.” ta RAV4, was impounded for a Two days earlier, a man had safety check. driven through a group of Black In a Facebook post following the incident, Bennett wrote that Continued on page 3
By BRIAN STIEGlITZ bstieglitz@liherald.com
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SIENNA REYES, wHo just graduated from McVey Elementary School, and her sister, Emily, who will start second grade in September, held a garage sale for the McVey Mighty kind Market on June 27. The food and supplies pantry opened in May to assistant families financially impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.
A mighty kind way to help out McVey food pantry is open through summer By BRIAN STIEGlITZ bstieglitz@liherald.com
Volunteers at McVey Elementary School, in East Meadow, have converted its gym into a food and supplies pantry that has been serving local families that have been financially impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. Principal Kerry Dunne launched the pantry, dubbed the McVey Mighty Kind Market, in May, after seeing a need in the community, she
said. Amanda Napolitano, a permanent substitute teacher at the school, volunteered to oversee it. As Napolitano gave the Herald a tour of the pantry on Monday, a family arrived with two grocery bags full of donations. Napolitano added them to a stack of bags and boxes full of food and other supplies. “This is just what came in this morning,” she said. Many students have asked friends and family members to make donations to the pan-
try in lieu of gifts for their birthday, Napolitano said. Others have held their own fundraisers, like lemonade stands. And others have donated by breaking their piggy banks, in some cases literally. Sienna Reyes, 11, just graduated from McVey. Her sister, Emily, 8, will start second grade in September. The two filled their piggy banks with birthday and holiday gifts Continued on page 3
hey are targeting protesters and trying to send a message.