Aurora Mayor John Laesch is defending his decision to have flags at Aurora municipal facilities flown at full-staff Friday through Sunday while flags at federal and state facilities are at half-staff following the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk during an appearance in Utah on Wednesday.

President Donald Trump ordered flags lowered to half-staff at all federal facilities through sunset Sunday in memory of Kirk, who grew up in the Chicago suburbs and was the CEO and co-founder of the conservative youth organization Turning Point USA.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker ordered that all state facilities fly the U.S. and state of Illinois flags at half-staff from sunset Friday to sunset Sunday in remembrance of the victims of political violence.

In a statement released Saturday afterno

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