ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Ann Arbor police are investigating Friday after they found graffiti containing racial slurs and swastikas in and around a city skate park.

The skate park inside Veterans Memorial Park was closed after the discovery.

Ann Arbor police officers were called around 8 a.m. Friday to Veterans Memorial Park, where they found racist graffiti spray painted in and around the skate park.

The Ann Arbor Police Department will have increased patrols around city parks as a result of the incident.

Ann Arbor police are asking for the public's help reporting any suspicious behavior at or near city parks.

Anyone with information about the Veterans Memorial Park incident is asked to call the Ann Arbor Police Department at 734-794-6939 or email tips@a2gov.org.

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Crews work to remove swastikas and hate speech from skate park in Ann Arbor. Regulars worry about being mixed up in someone's hate message-- even if it is just a prank. WDIV Local 4 / ClickOnDetroit Posted by Jason Colthorp Local 4 on Friday, August 18, 2017

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