Orlando Residents Defied Florida Officials by Restoring the Memorial

The rainbow crosswalk honoring the 49 people killed at Pulse nightclub in 2016 has reemerged in Orlando after residents repainted the memorial in defiance of Florida officials.

Community members gathered near South Orange Avenue and West Esther Street, chalking and recoloring the crosswalk that had been painted over in black and white by the Florida Department of Transportation earlier this year.

Campaign manager Jeremy Rodriguez posted a video of the memorial being restored on Twitter.

Florida Highway Patrol troopers monitored the demonstration but did not intervene. Representative Anna V. Eskamani noted their presence in a social media post .

Robby Dodd, one of the participants, said officers instructed him to re

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