MIAMISBURG — A local restaurant was closed Saturday after being vandalized with Nazi symbols and anti Semitic slurs overnight.
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As reported on News Center 7 at 11, the Applebee’s in Miamisburg was closed Saturday as workers removed the spray paint from the building.
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“It’s just sickening, honestly. It’s so sad that we’ve fallen so far back,” Josh Cantrell from Miamisburg said.
Cantrell, like others, was confused about why the Applebee’s was targeted.
“There’s a lot of ignorant people in this world,” Cantrell said.
News Center 7’s Malik Patterson spoke with Cathy Gardner, CEO of the Jewish Federation of Greater Dayton.
“It’s extremely disheartening,” Gardner said. “The main thing is that people are asked to never forget what hatred can do.”
According to the Anti-Defamation League, antisemitism is on the rise.
Gardner says she wants people to take this hatred seriously and stand against it.
News Center 7 is waiting to hear back from the Miamisburg Police Department about their investigation.
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