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. 3

The murals are along a fence at Dorsey Park, where Negro League teams once played baseball.

“I know you may not be able to show it on television, but we need the community to uncover the hurt and the hatred that is existing. The reason why this keeps being perpetuated is because we keep

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