Florida deploys police to stop crosswalks from being painted rainbow colors
The move comes after citizens repainted the Pulse memorial sidewalk in Pride colors.
August 27, 2025
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The move comes after citizens repainted the Pulse memorial sidewalk in Pride colors.
The memorial will be dedicated to the 49 people killed in the massacre at Pulse nightclub. The shift marks less a torch passing and more a takeover following a year of controversy over the management of the planning.
This week the first in a series of town hall meetings and an online survey will gather input on creating a memorial at the site of the tragedy.
Making the designation, through a bill passed by Congress and expected to be signed by President Biden, is "absolutely the right thing to do," says U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla.
A new memorial will honor the 49 victims killed in the Pulse attack and could be completed as soon as next week.
The former president paid a surprise visit to the memorial Wednesday afternoon.
The onePULSE Foundation released the video in hopes of helping police identify the suspect.
Florida budgeted for a Parkland memorial the year the shooting happened, but Pulse survivors are still fighting for the money three years later.
Family members, friends, and even those who did not know the 49 victims killed in Orlando continue to pay their respects at the city's largest memorial site downtown.
The Orange County Commission voted unanimously to contribute $5 million to an effort by the City of Orlando to honor those killed in the 2016 massacre.
The president heralded the legislation but also noted that commemorations of tragedies bring back horrifying memories for survivors.
Numerous men still say they saw Omar Mateen at Pulse or on gay dating apps, but authorities have dismissed their accounts as unreliable.
A new tribute to the killed and injured reflects the struggle of Orlando's queer community to move on after America's second-deadliest mass shooting.
The out journalist's kindness is infused into the Holding Hands statue, dedicated to Christopher "Drew" Leinonen.
The site has already been visited by so many, and now it will forever be a place to remember.
His administration ordered the erasure of more than 400 decorated roadways, including ones with pro-cop messaging that won awards from the state for pedestrian safety.
The crosswalk was authorized by a Republican administration, but Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis decided abruptly the colors pose a safety risk.
It's been four months since the mass shooting at the Orlando gay nightclub, but the pain hasn't subsided.
“Anything we would ever do would include a memorial,” the bar's owner has said. “We are still working through our grief.”
Orlando leaders plan to tear down the site of the mass shooting and establish a reflecting pool where patrons once danced in the gay club.
Signs that read "Hispanos con Trump" and "The Silent Majority Stands With Trump" are seen in the windows.