COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Tiara Kelley stood outside the entrance of City Hall in Colorado Springs and described how she was feeling after the mass shooting at Club Q on Sunday where five people were killed and 18 were injured.
“It pisses me off! I’m angry," Kelley said. "I’ve gone way beyond being sad, and way beyond mourning, and way beyond all of that … to just angry!”
Kelley is a Black transgender woman and was one of several hundred people, including Club Q patrons, law enforcement officials, state and local lawmakers, and community members at the unveiling of the ‘Sacred Cloth’ Pride flag on the outside of City Hall to honor the victims of the shooting.
The flag, which is 25 feet long, is a section of the Sea to Sea Pride Flag that originated in Florida. The last time it was displayed in public was after the Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando in 2016 in which 49 people were killed.
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