ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – A judge in Orange County Monday found that probable cause existed for the arrests of three people protesting at the crosswalk outside the former Pulse nightclub Sunday night.

Florida Highway Patrol troopers arrested Zane Aparicio, 39, Mary Jane East, 25, and Melody Short, 26, Sunday, after they were observed using chalk to cover the crosswalk.

The crosswalk outside Pulse has taken on outsized significance over the last two weeks, after crews with the Florida Department of Transportation removed the rainbow paint from the crosswalk late last month. Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer condemned the move, which city officials said came as a surprise.

[VIDEO: 3 arrested at latest protest outside of crosswalk near Pulse]

Each day since FDOT’s initial work on the crosswalk, criti

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