Weston, FL - A children's playground in a South Florida gated community has been vandalized after someone spray-painted racist and antisemitic messages on the playground's equipment.
Neighbors in the Hunter's Point gated community of Weston were surprised on Sunday to find antisemitic and racist messages spray-painted in various places around the park and playground.
Resident Jackie Turo tells Local 10 News "this is not the community that we live in. This is not the community that we want to live in. It was beyond shocking that this happened again in our community. Horrific.”
The messages found on Sunday morning are similar to messages that were left in the neighborhood earlier this month.
Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who represents the area, said in a statement Sunday “I am disgusted at the antisemitism and racism that continues to rear its ugly head here in my home state of Florida. The recent spike in high-profile and public antisemitism...is a deeply alarming and heartbreaking trend. This hatred must be called out forcefully...Only when we unite to vocally condemn the perpetrators of these hateful acts, can all Americans truly love, learn and worship freely and without fear.”
The Broward Sheriff’s Office is actively investigating and trying to figure out who's behind the hateful messages.
Anyone with information is urged to call Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-TIPS.