India, Sept. 15 -- A Long Island newspaper was compelled to issue an apology on Sunday following a backlash over its "vile" and "insensitive" political cartoon about Charlie Kirk's killing.

In its Saturday edition, Newsday acknowledged that it should never have published the cartoon, which showed a blood-splattered empty chair beneath a tent with the labels "Charlie Kirk" and "Prove Me Wrong."

The seat is marked with an arrow that reads "Turning Point USA," the name of the conservative group that Kirk co-founded.

Chip Bok, a Pulitzer finalist illustrator, created the contentious image, which immediately sparked fury on the island.

He contributed illustrations to a few of Dave Barry's novels and was a 1997 Pulitzer Prize finalist.

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