Anti-Semitic display projected on building in downtown West Palm Beach

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Police are investigating an anti-Semitic display that two people projected on a building in West Palm Beach over the weekend.

Police said two masked individuals in a rental truck used a projector to reveal a Swastika and other hateful messages on the AT & T building on Saturday night. They had set up in a public parking garage across the street.

A viewer who wanted to remain anonymous shared video of the display with CBS12 News.

Police started taking calls around 9:30 p.m. about the hateful display. Investigators believe the message was up for about 30 minutes.

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Authorities said the individuals were not very cooperative, and had already started packing up once police arrived.

"There's no place for this in our community," said police spokesperson Mike Jachles. "West Palm Beach is a diverse, welcoming city and we have no tolerance for anybody that's going to try to spread hate in our city."

The individuals were not arrested.

"I’m not making accusations, but there’s a group called the Goyim Defense League," retired judge, President/Founder of Palm Beach County Human Rights Council (PBCHRC) Rand Hoch tells CBS12 News. "It’s Martin Luther King Jr. weekend. People are recognizing one of our great civil rights leaders. I’m pretty sure this weekend was chosen intentionally to cause as much damage as possible."

This is a coordinated effort, a group that recently moved from California to Florida according to Hoch.

"They've been responsible for other laser projections, exactly like this, and the one that was done this past weekend in Jacksonville," explained Hoch. "Banner drops over I95, leaflet distribution that went on this weekend again in Boca Raton.”

Hoch think they are getting away with it because of the nuances in the laws.

"Florida has hate crimes laws, a hate reporting act, but it’s not very strong. There is a lot of loopholes. The challenge in a case like this, they are projecting something. There may be first amendment protection, even hate speech is protected by our constitution, but hopefully there is something that they can use as an underlying crime," said Hoch.

The Intelligence Unit is taking up the investigation.

And police are talking with the State Attorney's Office to determine whether the individuals broke any laws.

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Investigators believe the group behind the display is the same one leaving hateful flyers in South County.

A similar incident happened Saturday night in Jacksonville. The same type of symbol was projected onto the CSX building in downtown Jacksonville, as reported by the CBS affiliate, WJAX-TV.

CSX shared this statement with CBS12 News:

"CSX condemns in the strongest terms the anti-semitic symbol depicted in the images of our building on January 14. The images are shocking and hurtful, and in no way represent our organization or CSX employees. CSX has been in contact with law enforcement and we will cooperate in any way we can to aid the investigation into this matter."