Jewish American Heritage Month

Posted By richards on September 9, 2014

OFFICERS STILL TRYING FIND THAT ONE OTHER SUSPECT THEY BELIEVE WAS INVOLVED. Calvin: TONIGHT POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AFTER NOT ONE BUT TWO PLACES WERE HIT BY VANDALS. THESE SYMBOLS OF HATE WERE FOUND IN WEST MIAMI AND IN SURFSIDE AND NOW POLICE WANT TO KNOW IF THEY'RE CONNECTED ON YOU LOCAL10 NEWS CRIME SPECIALIST JOHN TURCHIN IS LIVE IN WEST MIAMI TO SHOW US. Reporter: AT THIS POINT AT LEAST TALKING TO THE POLICE THERE IS NOTHING TO INDICATE THAT THE TWO CRIMES THAT WERE COMMITTED ARE ANYTHING ALIKE. IN FACT, THEY ARE MILES APART FROM EACH OTHER. IF YOU LOOK AT THE MATERIALS AND THE SCRIBBLES, DON'T LOOK LIKE THINKING HAVE THEY HAVE ANYTHING IN COMMON. TAKE A LOOK AT OVER MY SHOULDER. THAT IS WHAT WAS DONE OUTSIDE OF THIS PARTICULAR ENTRANCE AT THIS TEM PEM AND IT'S BECOME A BIT A CONCERN FOR MANY HOUSES OF WORSHIP IN THE AREA. IT'S UNACCEPTABLE THAT IN THE 21ST CENTURY YOU HAVE HATE CRIME LIKE THIS. Reporter: THE WORDS OF HATE ARE HARD TO READ, BUT THE MESSAGE IS STILL VERY EASY TO MAKE OUT. A SWASTIKAS AND THE WORD "IRAQ" POSSIBLY FINGER PAINTED THE ON WALL AT THE ENTRANCE TEMPLE BETH TOV-AHAVAT SHALOM. THE MESSAGE OF CONCERN TO THE CONGREGATION MADE UP OF PRIMARILY HISPANIC JEWS. THAT'S A HATE CRIME. TO DO THAT IN A SYNAGOGUE OR ANY ANY, YOU KNOW, MANY, YOU KNOW, READJUST PLACE IS A HATE CRIME. SO WE DON'T DO NOTHING TO HARM THE PEOPLE, SO WE ONLY COME HERE TO, YOU KNOW, PRAY. Reporter: ACROSS THE COUNTY IN SURFSIDE VANDALS VIEWING SPEWING MORE HATE, THIS TIME TARGETING WALL AT THE RAE OFF PUBLIX ALONG HARDING AVENUE. UNIVERSITY OF HATE MEDICAL CENTER, ANTISEMITIC SYMBOLS OF RACISM THAT ARE JUST HURTFUL AND THEY HAVE NO PLACE IN THIS COMMUNITY. Reporter: THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME RECENTLY POLICE ARE FORCED TO DEAL WITH THIS SORT OF THING. WHO COULD FORGET THE DAY MIAMI BEACH POLICE DISCOVERED FOUR PLACES DESECRATED, INCLUDING A JEWISH RITUAL BATHHOUSE AND THE BUSES NEXT DOOR AT THE STACY YOUTH CENTER, AND MOST RECENTLY RESIDENTS DISCOVERED SWASTIKAS AND THE WORD "HAMAS" SPRAY-PAINTED IN RED ON TWO COLUMNS AT THE FRONT OF A AN ORTH. OKAY IN NORTH MIAMI BEACH. PEOPLE KNOW WE'RE JEWISH AND WE LIVE HERE, BUT TO BE TARGETED LIKE THAT IN AMERICA IS VERY SCARY. Reporter: THAT CAME AFTER I FAMILY IN MIAMI BEACH HAD TWO OF THEY ARE VEHICLES VANDALIZED 2 THE WORDS "HAMAS" AND "JEW" WRITTEN ON ONE OF THEM. POLICE LABELED THAT WORK A HATE CRIME. GIVEN THE CONTINUED UNREST IN THE MIDDLE EAST, SOME PEOPLE FEEL UNEASY KNOWING THAT SOMETHING LIKE THIS CAN HAPPEN SO CLOSE TO HOME. IT'S A BIG DEAL. YOU'VE GOT TO REMEMBER 6 MILLION JEWS BEING KILLED BY, YOU KNOW, THE NAZIS. Reporter: AND THAT SENTIMENT LIKELY TO BE ECHOED THIS EVEN WHEN SERVICES BEGIN AT 7:30, AND MANY MEMBERS OF THE THIS

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