Surveillance cameras, technology, and community policing helped investigators solve a possible hate crime in a matter of hours. Last Saturday, staff at Cocktail, a gay bar on Central Avenue in St. Petersburg noticed a hateful message including a homophobic slur written on the window. They quickly scrubbed off the writing but surveillance cameras caught clear images of the person early Saturday morning writing the message and taking a photo of it before leaving. Staff reported the incident to police and a few days later, posted images from the surveillance camera on social media. MORE: https://bit.ly/3JjnEDi ►Subscribe: https://on.wtsp.com/youtube ►Website: https://www.wtsp.com/ ►Facebook: https://facebook.com/10TampaBay ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/10TampaBay