Young people restore Charlie Kirk memorial mural with Bible verses after vandals deface tribute

PENSACOLA Fla In true Charlie Kirk fashion a group of young people took matters into their own hands after a mural honoring the late conservative leader was defaced with vile messages With cans of spray paint in hand the group added Bible verses and positive notes to what s known as Graffiti Bridge in Pensacola Florida an ever-changing local landmark that often features art declarations of love tributes encouragement drawings insignias and more We just wished to come out here and kind of show our assistance and make sure that the mural looks nice and pretty Hannah Alfredson commented We just want to put specific positive encouraging messages on there for Charlie Kirk The original mural featured a radiating Kirk with the message Rest in Peace Charlie Kirk Following a locality vigil Sunday night vandals struck MAN ARRESTED FOR SICKENING ACT AT CHARLIE KIRK MEMORIAL OUTSIDE TURNING POINT HEADQUARTERS IN PHOENIXUnder the cover of darkness vandals defaced the memorial writing messages like a good Nazi is a dead Nazi and womp womp The phrase Free Palestine was scrawled across Kirk s face It's very disrespectful and so my goal when I came out was to at bare minimum cover it and leave a blank canvas for hopefully less vulgar things Mason Vickers who added several Bible verses to the covered mural declared Ben Uitzetter agreed He mentioned the defacing of the mural was not okay VIGILS HELD ACROSS US AFTER ASSASSINATION OF CHARLIE KIRK 'WE MUST HEAL' People come by here perhaps thousands of people with their kids You have -year-olds little kids seeing that kind of stuff You know Uitzetter added Kirk a husband and father of two was assassinated while speaking at a campus event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday Kirk founded Turning Point USA and was a leading voice in the conservative Christian movement He spoke openly and boldly about his faith in Jesus Christ a message that resonated with Vickers I think Charlie spoke for very several so like myself I'm years old I am blue collar I'm just kind of a working guy you know didn't go to college I went to a business school he disclosed He also kind of embodied everything that the average person was there for it's work hard do your best and try to get as far as you can CHARLIE KIRK MOURNED BY WORLD LEADERS AFTER SHOCKING UTAH ASSASSINATIONVickers explained he had a message for the people that defaced the mural with vulgar messages First I would like to say I'm praying for you he disclosed The celebration of any human's death is vile and honestly evil I pray that God touches your heart and opens your eyes Vickers reported Kirk was all about speech welcoming anyone who disagreed with him to debate Fox News Digital's Brooke Curto contributed to this statement