Posted on 09/15/2025 10:48:45 AM PDT by Red Badger
PENSACOLA, Fla. (WEAR) — Pensacola's candlelight vigil for Charlie Kirk Sunday evening turned violent when someone spray-painted over the Graffiti Bridge mural of the conservative activist.
Around 6:20 p.m., Pensacola Police responded to the bridge during the vigil after "a fight broke out among individuals and someone sprayed pepper spray."
The man sprayed with pepper spray was transported to the hospital by EMS. Police say the person who sprayed the pepper spray fled the scene prior to officers arriving.
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No one has been charged. An investigation is ongoing.
The Pensacola Police Department is asking anyone with information about the incident or who may have witnessed the altercation to contact the department at 850-435-1900 or call Crime Stoppers at 850-433-7867.
The vigil -- attended by hundreds of people -- continued following the incident. The mural was also re-done to remove the gold spray paint.
"We're supposed to be able to talk and get to a happy medium somewhere, right? That's America," said Scott Yingling, who commissioned the mural. "That's the country we live in and it's only because we live in this country that we have the freedom to express ourselves. Anywhere else, they kill you. So that's why I did this."
"There was a fire that ignited me the day that he passed away," event organizer Steven Pilgrim said. "I think it's time that we just stand up in a peaceful manner and show the world that we are here to be a beacon of hope and love to others so that they can spread that to other people as well."
Following the vigil, the mural was de-faced again as The Graffiti Bridge posted a picture to social media showing Kirk's face painted over.
As of Monday morning, the mural has been completely painted over:
Pensacola's Graffiti bridge as of Monday morning/WEAR
This is a developing story. Check back here for updates.
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This what comes from people who only stand for hate and don’t believe in God.
Our side broke with the tradition of passively watching the leftists deface and vandalize things while the government calls it free speech.
We’re supposed to have our hands folded in silence.
But notice Jasmine Crockett didn’t reward us with praise for being obedient children. She blasted our side for sending “slave patrols.”
You don’t get rewarded for being law abiding (except physically being out of jail). Democrats are criminals and terrorists and they are not in jail.
I don’t think any of this should be a surprise given what we have witnessed so far.
So much for “live and let live”
I know. I've lived here for 40 years so don't even start with me.
Instead of worrying about who sprayed the left wing shit who's in the hospital, they should be arresting him for defacement of artwork.
The pepper sprayer should get a medal. There was no reason for him to have "fled the scene".
Doesn't make sense to even write those words.
More BS left-wing journalism.
The mural creator:
“we live in this country that we have the freedom to express ourselves. Anywhere else, they kill you.”
Reality: When conservatives express free speech in the United States, the left wing murders you. Literally.
Correct.
As of Monday morning, the mural has been completely painted over:
Looks like the haters won...
When your enemy is busy sealing his own doom, LET HIM.
Not being mean but the Pensacola police do not strike fear in me as do the L.A.
County sheriffs do.
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