When a Lakewood police officer caught a glimpse of a shopping center’s billboard Tuesday night, he gazed on an unusual sight: Instead of its typical advertising, the sign for the Lakewood Towne Center displayed a slideshow of images depicting Charlie Kirk.

More specifically, memes. Strange ones.

The hijacked display shifted through altered images laden with tongue-in-cheek Internet references, depicting Kirk in various post-ironic scenes.

One meme showed Kirk kissing the controversial murdered rapper XXXTentacion. Another depicted Kirk as a character in the popular video game Fortnite, as seen on videos posted to social media.

Many of the images had accompanying text saying the pictures were sponsored by Turning Point USA, Kirk’s conservative nonprofit, and AIPAC, a pro-Israel lobbying

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