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Protesters Chalk Rainbow Crosswalk in Front of Pulse Nightclub After Painted Memorial Removed

Protesters re-colored a rainbow crosswalk memorial honoring the victims of the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida, on Thursday, August 21. The crosswalk's rainbow colors were removed by Florida officials overnight between Wednesday, August 20, and Thursday, August 21, as part of a new directive from President Donald Trump's Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, according to one https://www.wesh.com/article/pulse-rainbow-crosswalk-orlando-removed-overnight/65861732 local report . 'We will not allow our state roads to be commandeered for political purposes,' Florida Governor Ron DeSantis https://x.com/GovRonDeSantis/status/1958583393714667572 said regarding the state's decision to remove the painted crosswalk. Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer released a https://x.com/orlandomayor/status/1958542422104805874 statement about the removal, calling it a 'cruel political act.' 'We are devastated to learn that overnight the state painted over the Pulse Memorial crosswalk on Orange Avenue,' Dyer said. 'This callous action of hastily removing part of a memorial to what was at the time our nation's largest mass shooting, without any supporting safety data or discussion, is a cruel political act.' Footage from Lauren Johnson shows a group of people gathered at the memorial, re-coloring the crosswalk with chalk and chanting in protest against DeSantis. (Footage by Lauren Johnson/Storyful via Getty Images UGC)
Protesters re-colored a rainbow crosswalk memorial honoring the victims of the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida, on Thursday, August 21. The crosswalk's rainbow colors were removed by Florida officials overnight between Wednesday, August 20, and Thursday, August 21, as part of a new directive from President Donald Trump's Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, according to one https://www.wesh.com/article/pulse-rainbow-crosswalk-orlando-removed-overnight/65861732 local report . 'We will not allow our state roads to be commandeered for political purposes,' Florida Governor Ron DeSantis https://x.com/GovRonDeSantis/status/1958583393714667572 said regarding the state's decision to remove the painted crosswalk. Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer released a https://x.com/orlandomayor/status/1958542422104805874 statement about the removal, calling it a 'cruel political act.' 'We are devastated to learn that overnight the state painted over the Pulse Memorial crosswalk on Orange Avenue,' Dyer said. 'This callous action of hastily removing part of a memorial to what was at the time our nation's largest mass shooting, without any supporting safety data or discussion, is a cruel political act.' Footage from Lauren Johnson shows a group of people gathered at the memorial, re-coloring the crosswalk with chalk and chanting in protest against DeSantis. (Footage by Lauren Johnson/Storyful via Getty Images UGC)
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