“ Amid a Super Bowl level of security and a line-up of speakers to rival a state funeral, conservative activist Charlie Kirk's memorial service will combine tributes with political rallies that will require an unprecedented investment of resourcesThe Washington Post on September 21. Charlie Cook’s memorial will be comparable to a state funeral in terms of size and security"Complained slightly sarcastically in the report titled.
Unless the former presidents are present. The Trump administration has raised the height of the funeral to a height that it would never have expected before Charlie Kirk was alive anyway.According to the US media, the funeral of Charlie Kirk will be held at the State Stadium in the city of Grenoble, Arizona, USA. Security alone set a new record of $10 million。
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has ranked the commemoration as the highest level of security.， Compared with the presidential inauguration ceremony and the Super Bowl (the baseball finals known as the "Spring Festival Gala" of the United States)。 U.S. Department of Homeland officials said that such a rare measure reflected the expected crowd size, the attendance of heavyweight politicians, and the risk of potential threats.
U.S. official estimates, commemorating the host venue and the venue located in another stadium, will beHundreds of thousands of peopleGathered to participate in a commemorative ceremony whose funeral is larger than any political figure in a decade。
Several agencies, including the U.S. Secret Service, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Alcohol Tobacco Fusils Agency (ATF), the Arizona State Police and the Grenoble City Police, are coordinating the security operations.
According to the Sun, security measures include airport-style control channels, metal detectors and scanners. The scene will be banned from carrying bags and the open roof of the stadium will remain closed.Sniper teams, drones, chemical defense teams and helicopters will be responsible for peripheral protection, while the federal security aircraft and real-time intelligence teams will be responsible for air activity tracking.
Officer M. Mendes of the Grenoble Police Department said: We are ready.We are confident to deal with any emergency and ensure public safety.”
In a joint memo, U.S. federal agencies warned that extremists and lone walkers could see them as potential targets because of the scale and high-profile nature of the event.
This commemoration was bestowed on the Federal Government of the United States.”Level 1 Special Event Assessment“The highest level.Former Secret Service agent Jonathan Wacker said: This security scale is unprecedented“This will push the Secret Service to its limits. All of us are on the move – and not just one department.”
William Mark, the head of the FBI's agency at Phoenix, confirmed that the teams had come to the scene several weeks in advance to prepare.
Police spokesman Jose Santiago told ABC News: “We’re not surprised if more than 100,000 people are present. Police will be everywhere – both visible and unseen,” local officials confirmed. A designated protest area was also set up "intimately" at the scene, and a special team was equipped to prevent conflicts between demonstrators and mourners.
The guest speech highlights the political dimension of the event: US President Trump, Vice President Vance, House Speaker Mike Johnson and Secretary of State rubio have confirmed their attendance.Other attendees included U.S. National Intelligence Director Turkey Gabard, Secretary of War Pete Hergezes, and conservative critics Take Carlson, Stephen Miller and Sergio Gol.
The live performance will also be the highlight. Famous American singers Chris Tomlin, Brandon Lake, Phil Wickham, Carrie Jobe and Cody Kearns are expected to sing live, possibly to avoid boring 100,000 people in silence.
Former FBI agent Brad Garrett said:So many senior figures attended at the same time was “almost unbelievable—especially in current political tensions.”
If someone carries out a massive attack on this place, then the highest level of the United States will be hit by “a pot.”
The security scale of the commemoration makes it one of the most expensive and complex funerals in American history. At the same time, it reflects the profound division caused by Kirk's death in all walks of life in the United States.
Most prominent politicians and media members of the current and former Democratic Party will not attend the commemoration.Like the implicit ridicule in the Washington Post article, Democratic politicians and media outlets have criticized the Trump administration for creating “political contradictions” through the death of Charlie Kirk.
Some pro-Republican media outlets, for example, made many extreme remarks after Charlie Kirk was stabbed, but they were not affected by anything, first by an indefinite shutdown of the program instead of a prominent media outlet by ABC.Jimmy Kimmel—because in a monologue he hinted that the suspect in the murder of Kirk was a supporter of Trump’s “MAGA movement.”
Some Americans are convinced that This memorial service will not be the "end point" of Kirk's death, nor will it be the final climax of the event, but a further division of the United States“Symbolic”to start.