City leaders show signs of support against antisemitism after a downtown Miami Bagel shop is vandalized a 4th time

MIAMI (WSVN) - City officials came together to show support to a local business owner in downtown Miami after vandals targeted his business for the fourth time in nearly eight months.

On Monday morning, the city sent not only an employee to remove the paint but also Mayor Francis Suarez, Federal Judge Roy Altman and Commissioner Manolo Reyes personally as they put on gloves to help clean up.

“Graffiti is not acceptable anywhere, it’s against the law, but in particular when it’s hateful and meant to offend a particular community, one that is a big part of our city,” said Suarez. “I just felt it was my responsibility to come here and do this as quickly as possible.”

“I decided to come out here because my grandparents lived through the Holocaust, this is how it started in the 1930s, with spray painting and targeting of Jewish businesses, Jewish homes, and Jewish families and we will never allow it to happen again in our country,” said Altman.