ORLANDO, Fla. — A rainbow crosswalk, which served as a memorial to the victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting, has been painted over by the state, Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer said Thursday.

The repainting of the crosswalk was done overnight and "without any supporting safety data or discussion," Dyer said in a post on social media. He called the move a "cruel political act."

"We are devastated to learn that overnight, the state painted over the Pulse Memorial crosswalk on Orange Avenue. This callous action of hastily removing part of a memorial to what was at the time our nation’s largest mass shooting," Dyer wrote.

On June 12, 2016, a gunman opened fire at the LGBTQ+-friendly nightclub, killing 49 people and wounding 53 others. At the time, the shooting was the deadliest mass shooti

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