AURORA, Ill. - Despite orders from President Trump and Illinois Governor JB Pirtzker, Aurora Mayor John Laesch ordered all flags on city property to be raised to full staff on Sept. 12, which was meant as a time to honor Charlie Kirk, a political activist who was shot and killed on Sept. 10.

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American flags were flown at half-staff on Thursday to commemorate the lives lost in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. A day later, Trump ordered flags to be flown at half-staff until sunset on Sept. 14 at the White House and all public buildings and grounds, military posts, naval stations, and throughout the United States as a mark of respect for Kirk.

Pritzker announced that all Illinois flags were to be flown at half-staff in honor of "victims of political violence" fro

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