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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSisters vandalize a Charlie Kirk memorial in Arkansas. Have raised $17K through GoFundMe


https://www.gofundme.com/f/fight-against-f4cism
BENTONVILLE -- Two Bentonville women were arrested Sept. 17 in connection with vandalizing a memorial dedicated to Charlie Kirk outside the Benton County Courthouse.
The Benton County Sheriff's Office learned Sept. 16 of a vandalism incident at the courthouse involving the makeshift memorial, according to a Sheriff's Office news release.
A video that had been posted online shows a person tearing up a sign and kicking items comprising the memorial, which had been set up at the bottom of the courthouse steps in downtown Bentonville.
Following a "swift investigation," detectives identified and arrested two women in connection with criminal mischief in the first degree, a misdemeanor: Kerri Melissa Rollo, 23, and Kaylee Heather Rollo, 22, both of Jonquilla Way in Bentonville; Kaylee Rollo faces an additional charge of obstruction of governmental operations, according to the release.
https://www.nwaonline.com/news/2025/sep/24/two-arrested-after-kirk-memorial-vandalized-in/

Cha
(314,619 posts)they didn't like CK?
TY
BlueWaveNeverEnd
(11,360 posts)AZJonnie
(1,637 posts)Regardless, this is a classless, tacky act. Of course I detest Kirk's political positions as much as the next person, and don't think he was a very good person (by my standards) but this was just dumb. I'd much rather see him forgotten, instead he lives on and stays in the news because of stuff like this. Not a fan
BlueWaveNeverEnd
(11,360 posts)AZJonnie
(1,637 posts)Wouldn't be the first time. Anyways, it's lame no matter who they are
BlueWaveNeverEnd
(11,360 posts)meadowlander
(4,987 posts)Transgender just means someone whose gender identity doesn't align with the sex they were assigned at birth which includes non-binary people.
AZJonnie
(1,637 posts)then of course it would be obvious we would honor their wish
I personally wouldn't make an outright declaration that non-binary people are trans, but if you're sure that's the globally accepted nomenclature, then you taught me something new, so thanks, I did not know that
meadowlander
(4,987 posts)but I know that some non-binary people don't identify as trans. You'll never get 100% of queer people to agree on anything
To me it makes sense on the basis of the definitions. Your mileage may vary. We don't have the benefit of this person's preference being stated but I'd say it's an agreed enough approach for our purposes here.
AZJonnie
(1,637 posts)out of ignorance. So bottom line seems like you mean "by definition they would be" but not all will identify that way, so don't make assumptions on that point. That sum it up?
meadowlander
(4,987 posts)
Cerulean Southpaw
(43 posts)I know straight/cis people who use they/them. Their reasoning is that their personal identity shouldn't be defined by gender or orientation.
yardwork
(68,145 posts)This is pretty minor in the scheme of things.
Cha
(314,619 posts)didn't like what he stood for.
TY BlueWaveNeverEnd... that's good they were able to have so much donated to them from GO fund me.
yardwork
(68,145 posts)Kirk's hateful words against gay and trans people came from his primary focus: demeaning women.
Kirk's message was mostly centered on how women are destroying men and need to be restrained back into the kitchen.
BlueWaveNeverEnd
(11,360 posts)If Im dealing with somebody in customer service whos a moronic Black woman, I wonder is she there because of her excellence, or is she there because of affirmative action?
sinkingfeeling
(56,439 posts)fujiyamasan
(723 posts)But they gotta learn from the Kirks and the right on how to really grift. Cmon he had an estate north of $12million and the wife still has a go fund me.
These two only got $17k from their dumb stunt. Step it up girls!
PS, next time dont put yourself on camera, in Arkansas doing this. Not exactly friendly territory for destroying a memorial for his lord and savior. Speaking of grift does Erika get proceeds from the coins and statues? The grifted states of America!
hunter
(39,973 posts)Hope they make the best of it.
BlueWaveNeverEnd
(11,360 posts)Jack Valentino
(3,385 posts)since it seems to have been unauthorized, ought to ALSO be charged with
"criminal mischief" for glorifying a FASCIST NAZI WANNABE !!
flvegan
(65,301 posts)Jacson6
(1,554 posts)SickOfTheOnePct
(8,671 posts)So $17k isn't going to go a long way.
Jacson6
(1,554 posts)If you fail to leave it is a criminal charge.
SickOfTheOnePct
(8,671 posts)...I'll see if I can find it, that she was living in the home of a friend and their parents, and the mom kicked her out.
Jacson6
(1,554 posts)SickOfTheOnePct
(8,671 posts)...or if there was a formal agreement in place or not.
eShirl
(19,695 posts)
I agree with fujiyamasan. What a dumb stunt.
Darnell1972
(21 posts)pcdb
(64 posts)Very dumb stunt and will forever pop up in background checks when looking for a job. Unfortunately 17k isn't enough for two people to retire on.
James48
(4,961 posts)That sounds somewhat subjective, doesnt it? Id like to know the elements of the crime for that law.
SickOfTheOnePct
(8,671 posts)(1) Property of another person;
(2) Property, whether his or her own or the property of another person, for the purpose of collecting any insurance for the property; or
(3) Critical infrastructure.
https://law.justia.com/codes/arkansas/title-5/subtitle-4/chapter-38/subchapter-2/section-5-38-203/
James48
(4,961 posts)So B and C are not applicable- so really its just causing damage to the property of another.
If it was abandoned property left by an earlier visitor, does that still count? Wouldnt you have to have testimony of the person who owned the property? Id think so.
SickOfTheOnePct
(8,671 posts)But it's clear that it wasn't their property, thus they had no right to destroy it.
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
SickOfTheOnePct
(8,671 posts)EdmondDantes_
(948 posts)As lousy as Kirk was, how does this further anything the two people arrested want to do or say?
SickOfTheOnePct
(8,671 posts)...and be kicked out of your house.
markodochartaigh
(4,162 posts)make one of their infamous shadow docket rulings.
I'm sure that they take desecration of offerings to a saint very seriously.
/s
kerouac2
(1,292 posts)If people leave a bunch of crap on the court steps, isn't it garbage/litter? It wasn't official property of the court or something. It's litter... So they messed with garbage.
Case closed.
struggle4progress
(124,650 posts)BWdem4life
(2,759 posts)Two kids were arrested for knocking down a snowman built by two other kids in a public park.
hunter
(39,973 posts)Borrow a white van or pickup truck. Buy a roller cart, some cheap orange safety vests and white hard hats, drive to the site, and "reverently" place the objects in the cart. If anyone asks say you are relocating the memorial for safekeeping.
Load the objects into the truck or van and drive away, making sure nobody is following you.
Find an open dumpster...