Protesters who decorated the sidewalks outside the Pulse site were attacked and beaten in Florida . But earlier this month, protesters told The Orlando Sentinel a man showed up and tore away transgender and rainbow flags to throw in the street. When protester Cait Aparicio, who identifies as nonbinary, grabbed the flags and confronted the man outside his Tesla before he drove away, the individual ripped the flag away and started hitting Aparicio and other protesters. An individual at the Dunkin Donuts location neighboring the Pulse site showed video of the incident to the newspaper. Another video shot from a distance also shows Aparicio getting up from the ground as the man drove away.