This video has emerged of FL Capital Police arresting the wrong person as part of a witch-hunt against those who dared to protest DeSantis’ 2023 round of hateful and bigoted legislation.

The Let Us Live March was to speak out against HB1619, the bill to declare drivers licenses held by trans folks with updated gender markers to be “false IDs.” The bill also would prohibit insurance companies from paying for gender-affirming care. The bill was to be heard this day on the FL House floor, but the FL Senate has announced they are refusing to consider the bill.

DeSantis is attempting to implement the drivers license provisions of this bill by DECREE, without legislation. Courts may well slap that down, but that process could pass through trans folks sitting in jail for “driving on an invalid license” on cash bail they cannot afford. That would take months, and could easily kill people.

The defeat of the bill may have pissed off the cops. Fl State reps Rayner, Nixon, Davis, and Eskamani were able to get a leash on the cops long enough to keep them off the march, but that false arrest implies they were looking for any way or excuse to take revenge. Note that cops fanned out across FL armed with warrants hunting Occupy Tallahassee participants after last year’s session ended.