A Trump-loving vandal did over $16,000 in damage to a city’s new rainbow crosswalk

“It should be noted that this intersection is very pedestrian-friendly, and the Hyatt hotel has an open lounge sitting area on that sidewalk corner, which the truck would have collided into if it would have hit the curb,” police documents said.

The truck was driving as part of a convoy celebrating the birthday of Republican former President Donald Trump, one of the most anti-LGBTQ presidents of all time. Police identified its owner as Jerich’s 30-year-old relative and located Jerich later.

Jerich now faces charges of criminal mischief, reckless driving with property damage, and evidence of prejudice. The prejudice charge is essentially a hate crime charge that elevates the crime to a felony, WTVT reported. He was held in Palm Beach County jail.

The crosswalk had been unveiled the Saturday before the vandalism occurred. It cost just over $16,000 and had been paid for by the Palm Beach County Human Rights Council and the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, The Palm Beach Post reported. It had the traditional rainbow colors representing the LGBTQ community; white, pink, and blue stripes representing the transgender community; as well as black and brown stripes for queer people of color.

The artist who painted the crosswalk said they tried to clean off the skid marks but couldn’t.

Rand Hoch, the president and founder of the Palm Beach County Human Rights Council, told WPTV that he is trying to have the crosswalk designated as a public monument under a newly passed law protecting such monuments from vandalism. If a judge designates it as such, the law would require Jerich, rather than taxpayers, to pay for its restoration.