1Bentonville, AR – A 20-year-old Arkansas Tech University student has been identified as a suspect in the vandalism of a Charlie Kirk memorial outside the Benton County Courthouse, prompting swift backlash and a public response from a local restaurant where she was reportedly employed.

The memorial, set up Sunday to honor the slain conservative activist, was toppled just a day later by two individuals who appeared on video “shouting obscenities, kicking over candles, and ripping up notes,” according to Benton County Justice of the Peace Joseph Bollinger.

In a statement posted to Facebook, Bollinger condemned the destruction as “contempt and a deliberate act of intolerance,” calling the candles “sacred acts of grief” and accusing the vandals of trying to “silence voices some on the left

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