Orange County State Attorney Monique Worrell says she is reviewing the latest arrests over Pulse’s rainbow crosswalk while Gov. Ron DeSantis slammed the protestors who have redrawn the colors with chalk.
“You don’t have a First Amendment right to commandeer someone else’s property,” DeSantis said during a press conference in Orlando. “You have a First Amendment right to paint your own property. Knock yourself out if that’s what you want to do. But when you have a state crosswalk or a state road … you do not have a right to take somebody else’s property for your messaging purposes.”
Meanwhile, Worrell said her Office will “review each case with fairness, transparency, and respect for both the law and the community we serve.”
“The rainbow crosswalk is more than a street markin