Murals of Major League Baseball legends Jackie Robinson and Minnie Miñoso at Dorsey Park in Miami's Overtown neighborhood have been defaced by vandals with racist graffiti . The defacement of the murals at Dorsey Park, a historic Negro League ballpark, is being investigated as a hate crime by the special investigations unit of the Miami Police Department.

Community leaders say the defaced murals were discovered by a young boy on Monday, with Nazi-style swastikas spray painted over Robinson and Miñoso's likeness and a racial slur over Robinson. The murals, painted in 2012 as part of the MLK Mural Project, have since been covered by wooden boards as crews work to remove the graffiti and restore the artwork.

"This was an act of hate, but it will not define us," said Kyle Holbrook , the

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