Overview
- Surveillance footage shows a black pickup truck performing tire burnouts over the rainbow mural at Northeast First Street and Northeast Second Avenue on June 17.
- This marks the third attack on the Delray Beach LGBTQ Pride mural since its 2021 installation, following earlier burnouts days after unveiling and in February 2024.
- Delray Beach Police have launched a public tip line and are urging residents to come forward with information to help identify the vandal.
- Local advocacy groups and foundations invested $16,000 in the mural to promote LGBTQ visibility and community inclusion.
- Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s July 1 order directing governors to ban publicly funded rainbow crosswalks has added urgency to calls for accountability.