By COLlive staff
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, WSVN reported.
David Heskiel, an NYPD Clergy liaison, was walking past the construction site on Collines Avenue across from the Raleigh Hotel in Miami Beach on Friday, when he noticed the defaced signs on some fencing.
Heskiel notified police, and says he is thankful that they “immediately reached out to me and rectified the hate crime.”
Officers responded to the scene shortly afterward 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.
If you have any information on this act of vandalism, call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TIPS. Remember, you can always remain anonymous, and you may be eligible for a $1,000 reward.
.@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
