Marking the first amid ongoing tensions, a 29-year-old man was arrested for protesting the removal of the rainbow crosswalk at Pulse.

Orestes Sebastian Suarez was arrested Friday night by Florida Highway Patrol and charged with criminal mischief and defacing a traffic control device, court records show.

Suarez, who was celebrating his birthday, colored the bottom of his shoes with chalk and walked across the crosswalk, according to court records.

FHP and Orlando Police Department have been heavily patrolling the area for over a week, telling protesters they won’t be arrested if they are not impeding traffic. Protests erupted after the Florida Department of Transportation in the middle of the night painted over the rainbow crosswalk, meant to memorialize the 2016 mass shooting at Pulse

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