BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Benton County Justice of the Peace Joseph Bollinger shared a video Monday of what appears to be two people vandalizing a memorial to slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk before it was removed entirely from the courthouse steps.

In a Facebook post accompanying the video, Bollinger said the memorial was set up Sunday and vandalized just a day later by two people that appeared to be "shouting obscenities, kicking over candles, and ripping up the notes" that had been left there.

Bollinger, the JP for District 7 which includes parts of Bentonville and Bella Vista, denounced the act in a post sharing the video.

"This was not protest. It was contempt and a deliberate act of intolerance," Bollinger said. "Those candles were not just wax and paper. They were sacred acts o

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