Signs in South Beach, Florida Defaced with Swastikas
Police are searching for the person or people responsible for scrawling swastikas on two signs in front of a hotel in the heart of South Beach’s Art Deco district.
7News cameras captured Miami Beach Police officers cutting down the defaced signs on fencing located on Collins Avenue across from the Raleigh Hotel, near 18th Street, Friday evening.
Investigators said they were made aware of the anti-Semitic symbols at around 5:30 p.m.
Officers responded to the scene shortly after and removed the signs.
Cameras captured police officers as they took down the signs, folded them and put them in the trunk of a marked SUV cruiser.
The signs were gone from in front of the hotel, which is undergoing renovations, before 6:30 p.m.
.@MiamiBeachPD were on Collins and 18th Street cutting down signs marked up with swastikas. We watched these officers take down two signs around 6PM on fencing outside the Raleigh Hotel. @wsvn #7News #Exclusive pic.twitter.com/LFOKZxVqb4
— Sheldon Fox-7 News (@fox_sheldon) July 26, 2019
