Supporters of slain US activist Charlie Kirk shut down critics
Washington: For some Americans on the far right, Charlie Kirk died a “martyr” – and any criticism of the hugely popular conservative activist must be punished. Online vitriol and grassroots persecution have exploded in the wake of the 31-year-old’s assassination, deepening already fraught political divisions. Laura Sosh-Lightsy, an assistant dean of students at a Tennessee…