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DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — Emotions ran high during a Delray Beach City Commission meeting as residents and city leaders responded to the Florida Department of Transportation’s (FDOT) late-night removal of the city's Pride mural crosswalk.

Dozens of residents filled City Hall Tuesday night to voice support for keeping the mural — and to condemn the state’s actions.

“Thank you for continuing this fight,” said one Delray Beach resident. “You’re fighting for our First Amendment rights… at the end of the day, this is art. It’s just street art.”

Julie Sever of Lake Worth urged commissioners to keep pushing back. “Such an egregious act. I am just disgusted looking at what they did to our city… not only the entire state of Florida, but the entire country is watching.”

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