AUSTIN (KXAN) — During a demonstration Monday over Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s order directing cities to remove ‘political ideologies’ from streets, someone took a bucket of red paint and tossed it onto a rainbow crosswalk at 4th and Colorado Street.
“We’re here to rally to protect our rainbow crosswalks from being removed by the city of Austin and the state of Texas…as we’re gathering, so this is the very beginning of it, and someone just randomly comes over and throws a huge bucket of red paint on the crosswalk and ran,” one attendee, Tiffany Epiphany, said.
Epiphany said an Austin Fire truck rolled up to the red light at that intersection shortly after it happened. They ended up helping the demonstrators clean the crosswalk off, removing that red paint.
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Austin Fire Department firefighters clean vandalism off a rainbow sidewalk in the city on Oct. 13, 2025. (Courtesy Andrew Ortman) -
Austin Fire Department firefighters clean vandalism off a rainbow sidewalk in the city on Oct. 13, 2025. (Courtesy Andrew Ortman) -
Austin Fire Department firefighters depart after cleaning vandalism off a rainbow sidewalk in the city on Oct. 13, 2025. (Courtesy Andrew Ortman) -
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Red paint tossed on a rainbow sidewalk in Austin on Oct. 13, 2025. (Courtesy Andrew Ortman) -
An Austin Fire Department ladder truck parked in front of vandalism on a rainbow sidewalk, Oct. 13, 2025. (Courtesy Andrew Ortman) -
Austin Fire Department firefighters clean vandalism off a rainbow sidewalk in the city on Oct. 13, 2025. (Courtesy Andrew Ortman)
In video taken by a KXAN photographer of the event, you can hear demonstrators cheering for the Austin Fire Department and expressing gratitude.
“I feel so much community right now, but whoever that person is, thank you for giving us a reason to be connected,” Epiphany said.
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