A wild brawl broke out in the middle of a vigil for slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk outside the Idaho State Capitol just hours after he was assassinated.
Footage from a spectator captured the moment members of the crowd began fighting and shoving each other after a man on a bike yelled “f—k Charlie Kirk,” local KIVI TV reported.
“I’m not condoning violence – beat his ass,” one of the spectators yelled.
A green bike can be seen fallen on its side along the road outside the capital as a crowd of people surrounded the heckler, with spectators screaming in shock.
Dylan Anson, a local who attended the vigil, said he helped pull the crowd off the man who yelled an expletive about Kirk, maintaining order until police arrived to break up the violence.
“Charlie Kirk, he stood as a Christian man and as Christians we do not support violence.” Anson told the local outlet.
“A wrong plus a wrong does not make a right,” he added. “In any sense.”
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