We all saw the inhuman comments made by some after the tragic death of Charlie Kirk. The right wants you to believe that only the left indulges in this unsavory behavior. History tells a different story.
This from historian William Manchester in his book, Death of a President after the assassination of JFK:
An Oklahoma City physician beamed at a grief-stricken visitor and said, "Good, I hope they got Jackie." In a small Connecticut city, a doctor called ecstatically across Main Street – to an internist who worshiped Kennedy – "The joy ride's over. This is one deal Papa Joe can't fix." A woman visiting Amarillo, the second most radical city in Texas, was lunching in the restaurant adjacent to her motel when a score of rejoicing students burst in from a high school directly across the street. "Hey, great, JFK's croaked!" one shouted with flagrant delight, and the woman, leaving as rapidly as she could, noticed that several diners were smiling back at the boy. In Dallas itself, a man whooped and tossed his expensive Stetson in the air, and it was in a wealthy Dallas suburb that the pupils of a fourth-grade class, told that the President of the United States had been murdered in their city, burst into spontaneous applause.
And let's not forget the many politicians who cheered & celebrated when Dr King was assassinated, especially after he came out against the Vietnam war. Most of them in the South (Maddox, Thurmond etc], with a few going on to be elected members of congress etc.
Also, let's be honest here, after Pope Francis died, there was a bit of celebrating among the reactionary 'traditionalist Catholics' due to his progressive stances etc.
This is the first I can remember of folks being criminalized & persecuted for cheering the death of a high-profile person.
