Chabad of Downtown SRQ says recent hate crime won’t deter its mission

SARASOTA, Fla. — It’s hard to ignore the construction taking over Cocoanut Avenue in downtown Sarasota. Now, the Chabad of Downtown SRQ has its own remodeling to do.

“See, that outer glass got shattered. You see the, like, the leftovers of it right there and that jagged that got shattered,” Rabbi Levi Steinmetz said.

The Sarasota Police Department stated that officers arrested Brayton Laschinger, 30, of Sarasota for vandalism of the synagogue. The incident happened on Wednesday, July 26, where video footage showed that Laschinger was wearing a blue towel over his head and face, officials stated…

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