ORLANDO, Fla. — Three protesters jailed for using chalk to protest the state’s removal of the Pulse rainbow crosswalk walked free Monday, with others taking the fight to Orlando City Hall.

Maryjane East, 25, Donavon Short, 26, and Zane Aparicio, 39, were arrested and booked by Florida Highway Patrol on Sunday night outside the Pulse memorial in Orlando and charged with defacing a traffic device — a statute that typically covers electronic traffic devices such as lights and signals.

The arrests come after Orestes Sebastian Suarez was arrested Friday night by Florida Highway Patrol on the same charge. Suarez was also released shortly after he was booked after the judge found no probable cause he committed the crime.

However, a judge on Monday did find probable cause for the three latest a

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