{"id":239400,"date":"2026-04-20T20:28:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T20:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/239400\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T20:28:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T20:28:07","slug":"racial-slurs-found-scrawled-on-pioneer-park-chalkboard-sign-police-investigating-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/239400\/","title":{"rendered":"Racial slurs found scrawled on Pioneer Park chalkboard sign; police investigating"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Port St. Lucie police are investigating after racial slurs were found scrawled at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityofpsl.com\/Government\/Your-City-Government\/Departments\/Parks-Recreation\/Parks\/Pioneer-Park\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pioneer Park<\/a> on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The incident is being reviewed by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pslpolice.com\/Home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Port St. Lucie Police Department<\/a>\u2019s park unit, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>The sign, which was reportedly installed by the city, is designed as a chalkboard and is provided with chalk for public use. Because of this setup, police noted that expressions written on the board are generally considered a form of free expression.<\/p>\n<p>Photos from the scene show various slurs and the phrase &#8220;KKK 4 Life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/29-year-old-found-dead-in-boynton-beach-death-ruled-homicide-investigation-jordan-scales-murder-florida-crime-death-boynton-beach-police-department-bbpd-south-federal-highway-wooded-area-transient-victim-detectives-news-palm-beach-county-u\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">29-year-old &#8216;transient&#8217; found dead in Boynton Beach, death ruled homicide<\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, officials say that the use of a racial slur is a violation of the city&#8217;s policies for engaging in activities in city parks. People found responsible for violating those rules could face consequences, including a ban from city parks for up to one year.<\/p>\n<p> Because the sign is a chalkboard surface, officials confirmed there is no permanent damage.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation remains ongoing. Police are asking anyone with information about the incident to contact the PSLPD at (772) 871-5001.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Port St. Lucie police are investigating after racial slurs were found scrawled&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":239365,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-239400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239400\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}