BLM Activist Arrested with Concealed Weapon After Disrupting Charlie Kirk Vigil in Boise
There are unwritten rules about sacred spaces that civilized people understand instinctively. Whether it’s a cemetery, a church, or a candlelight vigil, these moments of collective mourning demand a certain reverence. Most Americans, regardless of political stripe, grasp this fundamental truth about human decency. But on Wednesday night in Boise, that understanding shattered like glass on pavement.
Hundreds had gathered on the Idaho State Capitol steps, candles flickering in the September darkness as they honored Charlie Kirk, the 31-year-old conservative activist assassinated just hours earlier at Utah Valley University. The crowd sang “God Bless America” and “Angel,” their voices carrying across the plaza in a scene that could have unfolded in any American town facing tragedy. Parents brought their children. Local lawmakers stood shoulder-to-shoulder with college students.
Americans know how to grieve together. Or at least, most of us do.
The atmosphere of shared grief lasted until approximately 8:30 p.m., when the rumble of an approaching Lime bike cut through the hymns. The rider, later identified as 41-year-old Terry Wilson, had something to say about the deceased that wouldn’t be found in any eulogy.
“F— Charlie Kirk!” Wilson shouted as he rolled past the mourning crowd. The profanity hung in the air like a slap across the face of every parent, child, and grieving patriot present. Alfonso Ayala, 51, confronted the activist, and within seconds, what began as a vigil against political violence erupted into exactly that. What kind of person brings a gun to crash a candlelight vigil? We’re about to find out.
Wilson, who spoke to the Idaho Press on Thursday afternoon, confirmed that he had yelled an expletive about Kirk while pulling up to the vigil on an e-bike shortly after 8 p.m. He said that he and a group he arrived with wanted to “participate in exercising our First Amendment rights” and that he was “immediately met with violence.”
The scuffle that followed saw Wilson knocked to the ground before getting back up swinging, while some in the crowd chanted “USA!” and others pleaded for calm. When police finally arrested both men, they discovered Wilson was carrying a concealed firearm and marijuana—bringing weapons and drugs to crash a candlelight vigil for a murdered father of two. Let that sink in—armed and high at a memorial. Class act, right?
Oh, but it gets better. This wasn’t Wilson’s first rodeo with desecrating what others hold dear. In 2021, this same Black Lives Matter activist was arrested for vandalizing the Seated Lincoln statue in Julia Davis Park, smearing it with paint and feces. The pattern is clear: when conservatives gather to mourn, Wilson shows up to defile.
Consider the bitter irony here. When George Floyd died, cities burned for months. Businesses were looted, neighborhoods destroyed, and dozens died in the resulting chaos. The left called it “mostly peaceful protest.” But when conservatives gather to actually peacefully mourn their dead, singing hymns and lighting candles, it’s the left that brings the violence, the profanity, and the weapons. Tell me again who the real extremists are?
Hundreds had gathered on the Idaho State Capitol steps, candles flickering in the September darkness as they honored Charlie Kirk, the 31-year-old conservative activist assassinated just hours earlier at Utah Valley University. The crowd sang “God Bless America” and “Angel,” their voices carrying across the plaza in a scene that could have unfolded in any American town facing tragedy. Parents brought their children. Local lawmakers stood shoulder-to-shoulder with college students.
Americans know how to grieve together. Or at least, most of us do.
The atmosphere of shared grief lasted until approximately 8:30 p.m., when the rumble of an approaching Lime bike cut through the hymns. The rider, later identified as 41-year-old Terry Wilson, had something to say about the deceased that wouldn’t be found in any eulogy.
“F— Charlie Kirk!” Wilson shouted as he rolled past the mourning crowd. The profanity hung in the air like a slap across the face of every parent, child, and grieving patriot present. Alfonso Ayala, 51, confronted the activist, and within seconds, what began as a vigil against political violence erupted into exactly that. What kind of person brings a gun to crash a candlelight vigil? We’re about to find out.
Wilson, who spoke to the Idaho Press on Thursday afternoon, confirmed that he had yelled an expletive about Kirk while pulling up to the vigil on an e-bike shortly after 8 p.m. He said that he and a group he arrived with wanted to “participate in exercising our First Amendment rights” and that he was “immediately met with violence.”
The scuffle that followed saw Wilson knocked to the ground before getting back up swinging, while some in the crowd chanted “USA!” and others pleaded for calm. When police finally arrested both men, they discovered Wilson was carrying a concealed firearm and marijuana—bringing weapons and drugs to crash a candlelight vigil for a murdered father of two. Let that sink in—armed and high at a memorial. Class act, right?
Oh, but it gets better. This wasn’t Wilson’s first rodeo with desecrating what others hold dear. In 2021, this same Black Lives Matter activist was arrested for vandalizing the Seated Lincoln statue in Julia Davis Park, smearing it with paint and feces. The pattern is clear: when conservatives gather to mourn, Wilson shows up to defile.
Consider the bitter irony here. When George Floyd died, cities burned for months. Businesses were looted, neighborhoods destroyed, and dozens died in the resulting chaos. The left called it “mostly peaceful protest.” But when conservatives gather to actually peacefully mourn their dead, singing hymns and lighting candles, it’s the left that brings the violence, the profanity, and the weapons. Tell me again who the real extremists are?
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