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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Adam Gabbatt

Florida removes rainbow crosswalk honoring victims of Pulse nightclub shooting

Side-by-side pictures of a rainbow crosswalk and a black-and-white crosswalk.
On left, the rainbow crosswalk in Orlando, Florida, in 2017. On right, the crosswalk on Thursday. Photograph: TNS/Shutterstock

A rainbow crosswalk designed to honor victims of a mass shooting at a LGBTQ+ nightclub in Orlando was painted over by the Florida state government on Wednesday night.

The abrupt erasure of the memorial street crossing, which honored the 49 people killed at the Pulse nightclub in 2016, was described as a “scandalous act of betrayal” by one Florida state senator.

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