Sisters vandalize a Charlie Kirk memorial in Arkansas. Have raised $17K through GoFundMe

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

https://www.gofundme.com/f/fight-against-f4cism

BENTONVILLE -- Two Bentonville women were arrested Sept. 17 in connection with vandalizing a memorial dedicated to Charlie Kirk outside the Benton County Courthouse.

The Benton County Sheriff's Office learned Sept. 16 of a vandalism incident at the courthouse involving the makeshift memorial, according to a Sheriff's Office news release.

A video that had been posted online shows a person tearing up a sign and kicking items comprising the memorial, which had been set up at the bottom of the courthouse steps in downtown Bentonville.

Following a "swift investigation," detectives identified and arrested two women in connection with criminal mischief in the first degree, a misdemeanor: Kerri Melissa Rollo, 23, and Kaylee Heather Rollo, 22, both of Jonquilla Way in Bentonville; Kaylee Rollo faces an additional charge of obstruction of governmental operations, according to the release.

https://www.nwaonline.com/news/2025/sep/24/two-arrested-after-kirk-memorial-vandalized-in/

[Cha]

1. wow I'd be intersted to know why

they didn't like CK?

TY

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

2. They were heard saying "he died like he lived". One might be trans

[AZJonnie]

3. Where do you get that one might be trans?

Regardless, this is a classless, tacky act. Of course I detest Kirk's political positions as much as the next person, and don't think he was a very good person (by my standards) but this was just dumb. I'd much rather see him forgotten, instead he lives on and stays in the news because of stuff like this. Not a fan

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

5. another article said that one uses "they" pronouns

[AZJonnie]

8. I'm pretty sure that means non-binary vs. trans but maybe I'm not entirely up on the lingo

Wouldn't be the first time. Anyways, it's lame no matter who they are

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

9. oh, you are right

[meadowlander]

13. Non-binary people are trans.

Transgender just means someone whose gender identity doesn't align with the sex they were assigned at birth which includes non-binary people.

[AZJonnie]

15. Well for sure if any given person says "I prefer to be referred to as transgender because I'm non-binary"

then of course it would be obvious we would honor their wish

I personally wouldn't make an outright declaration that non-binary people are trans, but if you're sure that's the globally accepted nomenclature, then you taught me something new, so thanks, I did not know that

[meadowlander]

17. I am non-binary and trans

but I know that some non-binary people don't identify as trans. You'll never get 100% of queer people to agree on anything

To me it makes sense on the basis of the definitions. Your mileage may vary. We don't have the benefit of this person's preference being stated but I'd say it's an agreed enough approach for our purposes here.

[AZJonnie]

18. Thanks again, this time for clarification. I don't like making mistakes or breaching protocols on matters like this

out of ignorance. So bottom line seems like you mean "by definition they would be" but not all will identify that way, so don't make assumptions on that point. That sum it up?

[meadowlander]

19. Yep

[Cerulean Southpaw]

37. Pronouns not always related

I know straight/cis people who use they/them. Their reasoning is that their personal identity shouldn't be defined by gender or orientation.

[yardwork]

23. I agree, but young people do dumb things.

This is pretty minor in the scheme of things.

[Cha]

10. Ah, True.. so they knew and

didn't like what he stood for.

TY BlueWaveNeverEnd... that's good they were able to have so much donated to them from GO fund me.

[yardwork]

22. Kirk's words against trans people were nothing compared to his sexism.

Kirk's hateful words against gay and trans people came from his primary focus: demeaning women.

Kirk's message was mostly centered on how women are destroying men and need to be restrained back into the kitchen.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

35. He was very racist too, his "moronic black woman" quote..YIKES!

“If I’m dealing with somebody in customer service who’s a moronic Black woman, I wonder is she there because of her excellence, or is she there because of affirmative action?”

[sinkingfeeling]

4. Bentonville, AR is bright red stronghold and home of Walmart HQ.

[fujiyamasan]

6. Meh I guess they got an emotional outlet

But they gotta learn from the Kirks and the right on how to really grift. C’mon he had an estate north of $12million and the wife still has a go fund me.

These two only got $17k from their dumb stunt. Step it up girls!

PS, next time don’t put yourself on camera, in Arkansas doing this. Not exactly friendly territory for destroying a memorial for his lord and savior. Speaking of grift does Erika get proceeds from the coins and statues? The grifted states of America!

[hunter]

11. $17,000 ought to be enough to leave town.

Hope they make the best of it.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

39. Now almost 22k

[Jack Valentino]

7. They "vandalized" a "make-shift" unauthorized memorial?? Those who placed the memorial

since it seems to have been unauthorized, ought to ALSO be charged with
"criminal mischief" for glorifying a FASCIST NAZI WANNABE !!

[flvegan]

12. $17k? Seems like a lot, considering. n/t

[Jacson6]

24. Obviously you have never had to pay a criminal defense attormey's hourly fees. It adds up quickly. n/t

[SickOfTheOnePct]

26. And the one person got fired and evicted

So $17k isn't going to go a long way.

[Jacson6]

29. Yes, In Arkansas you can be evicted within ten days.

If you fail to leave it is a criminal charge.

[SickOfTheOnePct]

30. I read somewhere...

...I'll see if I can find it, that she was living in the home of a friend and their parents, and the mom kicked her out.

[Jacson6]

32. Yes, the ten day eviction will stand even if she was in a private home with a room. n/t

[SickOfTheOnePct]

33. Most likely depends on if rent was being paid...

...or if there was a formal agreement in place or not.

[eShirl]

14. what's next, knocking over gravestones?

I agree with fujiyamasan. What a dumb stunt.

[Darnell1972]

20. Yes, I agree totally stupid. It accomplished nothing other than getting them charged

[pcdb]

40. It just gives republicans more fodder.

Very dumb stunt and will forever pop up in background checks when looking for a job. Unfortunately 17k isn't enough for two people to retire on.

[James48]

16. Criminal mischief in the first degree

That sounds somewhat subjective, doesn’t it? I’d like to know the elements of the crime for that law.

[SickOfTheOnePct]

25. Info

(a) A person commits the offense of criminal mischief in the first degree if he or she purposely and without legal justification destroys or causes damage to any:
(1) Property of another person;
(2) Property, whether his or her own or the property of another person, for the purpose of collecting any insurance for the property; or
(3) Critical infrastructure.

https://law.justia.com/codes/arkansas/title-5/subtitle-4/chapter-38/subchapter-2/section-5-38-203/

[James48]

42. Interesting.

So B and C are not applicable- so really it’s just causing damage to the property of another.

If it was abandoned property left by an earlier visitor, does that still count? Wouldn’t you have to have testimony of the person who owned the property? I’d think so.

[SickOfTheOnePct]

43. Don't know the ins and out of the law

But it's clear that it wasn't their property, thus they had no right to destroy it.

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

[SickOfTheOnePct]

21. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes n/t

[EdmondDantes_]

27. Not a cause worth going to jail for

As lousy as Kirk was, how does this further anything the two people arrested want to do or say?

[SickOfTheOnePct]

28. And lose your job...

...and be kicked out of your house.

[markodochartaigh]

31. Hopefully the supremacist court won't step in to

make one of their infamous shadow docket rulings.
I'm sure that they take desecration of offerings to a saint very seriously.

/s

[kerouac2]

34. Isn't it garbage?

If people leave a bunch of crap on the court steps, isn't it garbage/litter? It wasn't official property of the court or something. It's litter... So they messed with garbage.

Case closed.

[struggle4progress]

36. "I was just cleaning up the litter somebody left"

[BWdem4life]

38. In other news,

Two kids were arrested for knocking down a snowman built by two other kids in a public park.

[hunter]

41. If you are thinking about doing something like this, here's how:

Borrow a white van or pickup truck. Buy a roller cart, some cheap orange safety vests and white hard hats, drive to the site, and "reverently" place the objects in the cart. If anyone asks say you are relocating the memorial for safekeeping.

Load the objects into the truck or van and drive away, making sure nobody is following you.

Find an open dumpster...