A person walks past murals of baseball legends Minnie Miñoso, second from left, and Jackie Robinson, second from right, covered with plywood after being defaced in Miami's Overtown neighborhood, Thursday, June 5, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) The Associated Press

MIAMI -- Police are investigating after vandals defaced a mural of baseball legends Jackie Robinson and Minnie Miñoso that is part of a collection of artwork honoring baseball players in Miami's Overtown neighborhood.

The vandalism was discovered Sunday by a 7-year-old boy who asked his mother what the words and the Nazi symbols meant, community leaders said during a news conference.

City workers have since partially covered the murals of Robinson and Miñoso, an Afro-Cuban player, with wooden boards. The murals a

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