Forsyth County man arrested for chalking Pulse memorial crosswalk released from Florida jail

Sebastian Suarez WSBTV com A Forsyth County man is out of jail after being arrested in Florida for putting chalk on a crosswalk outside the Pulse nightclub memorial Crews painted over the rainbow crosswalk in Orlando last week following a federal order to remove crosswalk art nationwide Since then people have traveled to the site to write messages in chalk to honor the casualties killed in the mass shooting Sebastian Suarez of Cumming announced he went to the nightclub memorial with his fianc e on Friday while visiting Orlando for his birthday August is my birthday Um that was the day we got here That s the day we went out The day I got arrested the whole nine yards Suarez recounted Channel s Eryn Rogers He revealed after dinner they went to see the memorial I know they have a big mural he revealed Suarez announced he saw people chalking the crosswalk after the rainbow had been removed I essentially got a piece of chalk and just kind of rubbed it on the bottom of my shoe he stated It was bright pink right Um I took a couple policies across the way Video shows a Florida Highway Patrol trooper calling Suarez over and leading him to a patrol car He noted Hey you re being arrested and slams the door Suarez stated Suarez announced he spent hours in jail waiting for a judge to rule on probable cause It was a real rough time I can t lie it was not the way I craved to spend my birthday he mentioned Blake Simons with The Simons Law Firm is Suarez s attorney and took the affair pro bono He argued the crosswalk is an extension of the sidewalk which has historically been a constituents forum space Read the rest of the story on WSBTV com The post Forsyth County man arrested for chalking Pulse memorial crosswalk published from Florida jail appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta