MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Newly-released video shows a Miami Beach teacher screaming for help as she is cornered by a complete stranger spewing hate.
According to police, the antisemitic attack happened at 7:40 a.m. on Dec. 10, just blocks away from where the victim works, Lehrman Community Day School at 727 77th St. on North Beach.
Investigators said the victim was wearing a Star of David necklace and using her cellphone when Slemons Graves, 33, snatched her phone, hit her and spat on her.
According to an arrest report, Graves told the teacher, “Move, you dirty Jew.”
The victim ran to the school and Graves ran away, police said.
In court following his arrest, prosecutors noted that Graves was arrested in his hometown of Knoxville, Tennessee, in 2024 after he was accused of using racial slurs and throwing a hot cup of coffee on an employee at a store.
He had been living in South Florida for two months at the time of his arrest on charges of strong-armed robbery and battery with prejudice.
As of Friday, Graves remained in custody with his next court hearing scheduled for April 2.
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