{"id":730610,"date":"2021-09-08T13:51:06","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T17:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=730610"},"modified":"2021-09-08T13:51:08","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T17:51:08","slug":"police-memorial-to-13-u-s-service-members-killed-in-kabul-terror-attack-vandalized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-memorial-to-13-u-s-service-members-killed-in-kabul-terror-attack-vandalized\/","title":{"rendered":"Police: Memorial to 13 U.S. Service Members Killed In Kabul Terror Attack Vandalized"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpolice-memorial-to-13-u-s-service-members-killed-in-kabul-terror-attack-vandalized%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=730610&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/American-Flags.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>A memorial honoring the 13 U.S. service members killed in last month\u2019s ISIS-K terror attack at the Kabul airport has been vandalized, according to police.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Thirteen American flags, each one representing one of the individuals killed in the attack, alongside a Marine Corps flag, had been displayed on a freeway bridge in Riverside, California as a memorial. But <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ktla.com\/news\/local-news\/flags-honoring-13-u-s-service-members-killed-in-kabul-airport-attack-found-vandalized-in-riverside\/\"><span>according<\/span><\/a><span> to local police, the memorial was found vandalized on Labor Day.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On Facebook, Riverside Police announced on Tuesday that they were investigating the vandalism. Photos of the flags appear to reveal that the portions of some of the flags were cut or torn.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201c<\/span><span>Recently after the deaths of our 13 United States Service Members killed in Afghanistan, 13 American Flags and 1 Marine Corp flag were placed on the fence to the Ivy Street overpass to the 91 Freeway in Riverside as a memorial. Sometime yesterday, an observant citizen noticed the flags appeared to be damaged and it was reported to the police,\u201d Riverside Police wrote.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>They added, \u201cAt this point, we don\u2019t have any suspect description but it\u2019s obvious the flags were intentionally damaged.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Riverside Police also thanked the group \u201cWhat is Going on in Riverside County\u201d for alerting them to the vandalism. They noted that the damaged flags would be removed and turned over to a local Boy Scout troop for proper handling and appropriate retirement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As local news outlet KTLA reported, three of the Marines being honored by the memorial, Kareem Nikoui, 20, Dylan Merola, 20, and Hunter Lopez, 22, were from Southern California. Ten other service members from others parts of the country were also killed in the suicide bombing, which occurred in the final days of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI want to say it\u2019s insane, it really is. I mean who would do that? I mean it represents something to all of us, but more importantly to the families of these thirteen,\u201d Riverside Officer Ryan Railsback <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ktla.com\/news\/local-news\/flags-honoring-13-u-s-service-members-killed-in-kabul-airport-attack-found-vandalized-in-riverside\/\"><span>told<\/span><\/a><span> KTLA on the vandalism to the flags.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt broke my heart, not only for me, but for their family, for their country that they died serving and protecting for us to have our freedom,\u201d said Steve Johnson, who reportedly helped remove the damaged flags.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>KTLA also reported that, less than a day after the first memorial was defaced, new flags were placed by community members. A similar display had also been placed at another overpass in the area.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Other memorials and vigils for the fallen service members have been hosted all around the country including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wric.com\/news\/military\/candlelight-vigil-in-north-carolina-honors-13-fallen-service-members-killed-in-afghanistan-terror-attack\/\">North Carolina <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wjhl.com\/news\/local\/johnson-city-veterans-of-foreign-wars-host-memorial-for-13-soldiers-killed-in-afghanistan-evacuation-bombing\/\">Tennessee<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s the manner in which it happened, you could say, it was probably more tragic than if they were on an actual campaign,\u201d said T.J. Miles, a veteran who attended the service in Johnson City, TN. \u201cAnd you\u2019re doing humanitarian work is the worst part, they weren\u2019t supposed to be fighting. They were supposed to be there helping, so it makes it even harder.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A memorial honoring the 13 U.S. service members killed in last month\u2019s ISIS-K terror attack at the Kabul airport has been vandalized, according to police.\u00a0Thirteen American flags, each one representing &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-730610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/730610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=730610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/730610\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=730610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=730610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=730610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}