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flag Professors faced discipline for posts seen as celebrating Charlie Kirk’s 2025 assassination, sparking debate over free speech and academic rights.

flag Following the 2025 assassination of conservative figure Charlie Kirk, multiple U.S. university professors faced disciplinary actions for social media posts perceived as celebrating his death. flag Several were fired or suspended, including Darren Michael of Austin Peay State University and Michael Hook of the University of South Dakota, but were later reinstated or settled lawsuits after universities acknowledged policy violations. flag Others, like faculty at Florida Atlantic, Montana State, and Syracuse, faced varying outcomes, with some reinstated and others remaining on leave. flag The cases sparked national debate over free speech, academic due process, and the limits of expression in academia.

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