https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/article/jackie-robinson-minnie-minoso-murals-defaced-with-racial-slurs-and-swastikas-in-miami-214153713.html

Just sad.

Terrible 

I have no words.......the world sucks sometimes.....most of time 

I really want to believe it's teenagers being idiots but who knows

Edited June 7, 2025Jun 7 by Ducksnort

11 minutes ago, Ducksnort said:

I really want to believe it's teenagers being idiots but who knows

I know edgy teens have loved vandalizing things with swastikas for a while now - my freshman year in college, one kid literally made a swastika out of s%*# on a bathroom stall door - but it just feels different when it's defacing a blank slate vs. art honoring guys, regardless of the age of the perpetrators. 

Cause this was intended to hurt the local community and getting rid of the swastikas (and n-word painted on Jackie) means they can't just use a power washer like you could on a blank slate.

f*** these people.

Welcome to 2025.

45% of Americans probably approve. As Yakov Smirnoff once said "what a country".

 

7 hours ago, zisk said:

45% of Americans probably approve. As Yakov Smirnoff once said "what a country".

 

Can't be that high. Maybe 5%. If kids did it, get the parents.

Jesus Christ. You guys great again yet?

Awful, worthless POS whatever age they are.

“The paintings/murals are located at Dorsey Park, a historic Negro League park located in Overton, a neighborhood that was known as the ‘Harlem of the South’ during segregation.

The defacements included spray-painted swastikas over Robinson’s and Miñoso’s faces and a racist slur on Robinson’s mural. The vandalism was discovered by a seven-year-old boy who asked his mother what it meant, Nicole Crooks of the community group Catalyst Miami told reporters.

“This was an act of hate, but it will not define us,” said Kyle Holbrook, the artist who painted the mural in 2012 as part of the MLK Mural Project in partnership with local artists. “This mural was born from a community’s pride, history, and power. We will restore it — stronger, bolder, and with even more purpose. Black history is American history. And no spray paint can erase that truth.”

Holbrook has lived in the Miami area since 2009 and said he felt inspired to paint the mural to highlight the “special” history of Overtown that faces the threat of erasure.”

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6408342/2025/06/06/jackie-robinson-minnie-minoso-murals-miami-vandalism/

U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL) called the vandalism a “vile act of hatred” in a Wednesday statement.

“We must treat this for what it is: a hate crime meant to instill fear and division,” she said. “But we will not be intimidated. We will respond with unity, resilience, and an unwavering commitment to truth, justice, and the preservation of our history.”

Edited June 7, 2025Jun 7 by caulfield12

Terrible but very strange especially in Miami, something doesn’t add up. There aren’t a lot of Nazi types over there. 

Edited June 7, 2025Jun 7 by The Mighty Mite

I’m gonna get shredded for this, but we all know there’s even odds that this is another hoax.

16 minutes ago, Milkman delivers said:

I’m gonna get shredded for this, but we all know there’s even odds that this is another hoax.

Not shredded by me, something stinks in Denmark about this scenario.

13 hours ago, zisk said:

45% of Americans probably approve. As Yakov Smirnoff once said "what a country".

 

Yep.  45% support the Nazis and what they stood for. You are nuts.  

It's more like 5% of America really hates some other race.  The media and politicians would like you to believe it's more than 50%. It's how they keep power. 

Chances are its antifa or some white supremacist group.  Which is like less than 1% of the country

 

4 hours ago, Milkman delivers said:

I’m gonna get shredded for this, but we all know there’s even odds that this is another hoax.

And judging by this board everyone will take the bait and start hating on the opposite political side without thinking any of it through

People are terrible; this isn't news, whether it's someone acting hatefully or just to get attention. Who the f cares? That person is garbage.

And this thread is why our country is falling apart in 15 posts.

Y'all need to familiarize yourselves with the philosophy that the simplest explanation — racists doing racist things — is what happened instead of trying to galaxy brain up excuses for vile actions.

The vandal was actually using the swastika in its ancient meaning, which was a Hindu symbol for well-being and good fortune. They didn't mean it as a Nazi symbol. 

The vandal was also autistic, so they didn't know better. Give me a break people. 

20 minutes ago, ron883 said:

The vandal was actually using the swastika in its ancient meaning, which was a Hindu symbol for well-being and good fortune. They didn't mean it as a Nazi symbol. 

The vandal was also autistic, so they didn't know better. Give me a break people. 

But that symbol belongs predominantly on Hindu temples, then.  That's his religion?   Why would it be associated with the two first black players in the NL and AL?

And how do you explain the N word part of it?

 

Edited June 7, 2025Jun 7 by caulfield12

32 minutes ago, ron883 said:

The vandal was actually using the swastika in its ancient meaning, which was a Hindu symbol for well-being and good fortune. They didn't mean it as a Nazi symbol. 

The vandal was also autistic, so they didn't know better. Give me a break people. 

Source????

Speculation...

21 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:

But that symbol belongs predominantly on Hindu temples, then.  That's his religion?   Why would it be associated with the two first black players in the NL and AL?

And how do you explain the N word part of it?

9 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:

Source????

Speculation...

@caulfield12, Ron is being sarcastic here.

8 minutes ago, DoUEvenShift said:

It was so specific I thought something had come out that I missed...but throwing in autism wasn't fair at all.

Plus there's a clear change in slant of those Hindu temple symbols....if you've seen enough across Asia.

10 minutes ago, Quin said:

@caulfield12, Ron is being sarcastic here.

Occam's Razor