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Graffiti sprayed on outside of Florida Holocaust Museum
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Fri, May 28, 2021Fri, September 30, 2022News, South Florida

Graffiti sprayed on outside of Florida Holocaust Museum

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ST. PETERSBURG — Police are investigating the spraying of graffiti outside the Florida Holocaust Museum on 5th Street S. The message, spray painted in black, included a swastika and anti-semitic language. Officers responded to the building at about 4 a.m., and sanitation workers were called to paint over it. Elizabeth Gelman, the executive director of...

FBI New York releases posters in Hebrew and Yiddish to help encourage hate crime reporting
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Fri, May 28, 2021Fri, September 30, 2022News, South Florida

FBI New York releases posters in Hebrew and Yiddish to help encourage hate crime reporting

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Hate crimes are likely being underreported because of language and cultural barriers, according to an FBI official.  The bureau’s New York Field Office is trying get a more accurate representation by reaching affected communities in their native languages.  “I don’t think the data that we have is an accurate representation of everything that is happening...