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Police have launched an investigation after a vandal who targeted a baseball legendary mural Jackie Robinson Minnie Minso.
Located along the fence at Dorsey Park in Miami, the paintings are part of a collection of artworks honoring multiple legends Baseball star.
Negro League teams once played games in historic parks.
A prominent community member held a press conference and said the vandalism was initially discovered by a 7-year-old boy. The marks left on the mural were identified as Nazi symbols, a spokesperson at the press conference said.
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Minnie Miniso and center Jackie Robinson on the left are covered in plywood after being tainted in Miami’s Overtown area on Thursday, June 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
The plywood was then placed on the murals of Robinson and Miniso.
“You may not be able to show it on TV, but we need the community to reveal the wounds and hatred that the community exists,” said Terrance Cribbs Lorrant, executive director of Miami Black Police School. “The reason this continues to be permanent is because we continue to hide it.”
Democrat US Rep. Sheila Shelffils McCormick explained on Wednesday. Vandalism As a “deprecating act of hatred.”
Late MLB Icon Jackie Robinson (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
“We have to deal with this. Hate crimes meant instilling fear and division. But we are not threatened. We respond with unity, resilience and an unwavering commitment to truth, justice and our history,” she said.
Robinson broke the color barrier in major league baseball in 1947 when he became the first black player and signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Miñoso became MLB’s first Afrolatino player and first black player Chicago White Sox.
The mural has been on display in the park since 2011.
The baseball legendary mural, Minnie Miniso, second from the left and Jackie Robinson, third from the left, are covered in plywood after being tainted in Miami’s Overtown area on Thursday, June 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
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The police still have it Arrested for vandalism. Fox News Digital contacted the Miami Police Department for more details.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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