'It's very much an invasion.' Racist graffiti painted on signs, driveway in south Raleigh neighborhood

Now, neighbors in the Renaissance Park community are calling for accountability and the culprits to be caught.

"It's very much an invasion," said Moore. "It's at the end of a cul-de-sac. You literally have to want to be here ... this is not a straightaway where you saw something and kept moving."

Moore said he thinks vandals targeted him over his yard sign stating "Black Lives Matter" and "Science is Real."

"Why somebody is intimidated by a front yard sign is beyond me," said Moore.

Gerald Givens, with Raleigh-Apex NAACP, said the organization tracks these kind of occurrences.

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"Unfortunately, it happens far too often. Almost every day I get a call from somebody who's experienced something like this at their job, at their school," he said.

Givens said he's even received a round of hate mail himself in recent weeks.

"It hurts. It's painful. It's demeaning because you are a person. You are a human being, and you do matter," said Givens.

He notes it's difficult to track down perpetrators.

"We track these things here at NAACP. What I always do is encourage people when they experience this kind of thing, to calm down first, write down the experience, then go through the proper channels of notifying law enforcement, supervisor, whomever is in charge of the area where the incident took place," said Givens.

"Our society will change and get better when we make tougher laws to handle hate crimes, as well as discrimination laws."

Neighbors in Renaissance Park said racist vandalism won't be tolerated.

"It's just unthinkable," said Amy Crum. "For us, it's about inclusion of everyone, but it's also about there's no room for hate here."

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Moore said this is his third sign, with the first two being stolen.

"I don't feel targeted. I feel sorry for anybody who is intimidated by a plastic sign," said Moore. "How sad is that? I'm just expressing my opinion, and they're lashing out."

Rather than sitting silent, Moore wants to do more to shed light on the problem.

"I got another one on order just in case. I am pledging $500 to BlackVotersMatterFund.org in honor of whomever did this," said Moore.

"I have a feeling we'll be getting bigger and better signs."

City of Raleigh crews came and cleaned off the graffiti from the driveway on Wednesday morning.

Attorney Daniel Meier said the vandalism would be hard to prove as a hate crime. However, damage to property is applicable but is only a misdemeanor.