MIchael Enright is the man who, when completely drunk,  cut a Muslim cabdriver with a knife, iflicting superficial wounds. .

Here are a few piquant details from "The Gothamist":

"Cops believe he was intoxicated at the time of his arrest, and a city official briefed on the investigation said there was an empty bottle of Scotch in his backpack. A police source said he also had a personal diary filled with pages of "pretty strong anti-Muslim comments" with him, and that the journal equated Muslims with "killers, ungrateful for the help they were being offered, filthy murderers without a conscience."

Enright does volunteer work for Intersections International, a group that promotes peace and tolerance, and who supports the planned Ground Zero mosque and community center. For his senior project, Enright recently filmed a documentary about a Marine unit in Afghanistan (you can see the trailer below). The group's director,
Rev. Robert Chase, said it was "tragic.... We've been working very hard to build bridges between folks from different religions and cultures. This is really shocking and sad for us."

His friends were shocked at the attack, but said he had become short-tempered and withdrawn since retuning from Afghanistan: "He seemed a lot more quiet. He seemed to be a lot more pulled back than he used to," said a friend who asked not to be identified. A neighbor told the Wall Street Journal, "I've never heard a bad word about him. I find it very, very hard to believe. The boy always seemed to be of sound character to me."