This is just sad. We’ve posted about this before. Now here is what is going down.
The rainbow crosswalk at the Pulse memorial in Orlando (created to honor the 49 lives lost in the 2016 shooting) has now become the target of state enforcement.
The Florida Department of Transportation removed the painted crosswalk earlier this month and has since stationed officers and crews at the site to stop the community from re-creating it with chalk. Signs now read “Defacing Roadway Prohibited” and even “Defacing Sidewalk Prohibited,” meaning mourners can’t even chalk nearby sidewalks.
On Friday night, a man was actually arrested for leaving chalk footprints at the memorial. A judge later threw out the charges for lack of probable cause, the state is deploying police to prevent grieving communities from drawing rainbows in chalk.
FDOT crews wash away chalk memorials as soon as they appear. Police presence has been constant. What was once a symbol of love and remembrance is now patrolled and erased.
We are literally becoming a police and military state under this administration, when chalk at a memorial is treated like a crime, it’s not about “safety.” It’s about this administration having complete control on the American people.
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