Tyler Mendez and Josh Myers had never met each other until someone vandalized a retaining wall.

On Friday, a social media post showing a vandalized wall at Oakridge Apartments, 1205 Angelique St., circulated on Facebook. On two walls, a racial slur and KKK were spray-painted. Mendez, who was playing video games when he saw the post, sprung into action.

I dont like seeing that. I dont like my son seeing that, Mendez said. Hes only 4 and it just spreads hate.

School busses drove by as the two men scrubbed at the wall. They brought their own tools for the cleanup.

He had the same idea as me and we just started scrubbing away, Mendez said about Myers.

Mendez lives by Central High School, and Myers lives in the Bartlett Park area. Myers said if everyone did their part, it would make an impact on the community.

I think it sends a message to the community that were not going to tolerate it, Myers said. Its inexcusable.

Mendez and Myers said that the recent fiery election has little to do with crimes like this and that such hateful sentiment existed before 2016. They both blamed the mainstream media for helping spread hate but stressed the importance of people working together to better their community.

Obviously we live in times where its kind of heated, so I think its just as important for us to scrub it off as it is for whoever felt like they needed to put it on here, Myers said.

Everybodys got to do their part and work together, Mendez said.

While the two men were there scrubbing the message away, maintenance workers with Oakridge Apartments took over with a tray of paint and some rollers. The apartment complexs manager said police were notified but didnt comment further on the incident.

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