Red paint was splashed on a Confederate memorial park this weekend.
- Confederate memorial vandalized in Hillsborough County
- Red paint splashed memorial's columns and derogatory comments written
- Local chapter of the Sons of Confederate Veterans maintains the property
According to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, a passerby called 911 after seeing that paint had been tossed on and around the memorial's columns and derogatory comments were scrawled in paint.
The paint was on the base near the memorial's large Confederate flag. The memorial is on private property on U.S. 92, near the Interstate 75 and Interstate 4 interchange.
A local chapter of the Sons of Confederate Veterans maintains the property.
SCV officials said the vandalism is a reaction of the events in Virginia.
Other Confederate memorials in the area been targeted as well.
Hillsborough County commissioners voted on July 19 to remove downtown Tampa Confederate monument and on county property, after several heated meetings filled with public discussion.
On Wednesday, the commission is scheduled to discuss the monument again with an update on the relocation.
"Stay-white" spray painted on Flagler County home
The Flagler County Sheriff's Office is investigating after racist graffiti was spray-painted on four homes in Palm Coast.
Flagler County deputies said the vandals hit four homes between Aug. 6 and Aug. 8 in the R-section of Palm Coast. The homes are on Rocking Horse Drive and Rolling Sands Drive.
The graffiti included "stay white," swastikas, "WP," 666 and other unknown symbols. People who live in the area said there was also a "three-point crown with an R letter" spray-painted in blue and black on some garages.
One victim's truck was also spray-painted and vandalized. The victim said he had no clue why anyone would do it, but now his white truck is in the shop for a new paint job and to fix a broken side-view mirror. He said the damage was more than $1,000.
Borer said the incident is even more concerning considering what happened during a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
"It's wrong. I'm just shocked because this is a quiet neighborhood," said Alan Borer, who has lived in the area for 14 years. "It's crazy. Things are bad today — just look at what happened in Charlottesville yesterday," he said Sunday. "I'm not for that racial slurs and all that stuff, and we all have to live together."