These students are standing up for what’s right…
Three high school students spoke out at a school board meeting after a teacher was exposed for posting a video on social media celebrating the assassination of political activist Charlie Kirk.
A teacher for Barington High School in Rhode Island has reportedly been put on leave and is now facing investigation, after posting a video saying he had no sympathy for Kirk following his murder. The three boys are now calling for the teacher to be fired.
“As the people of the youth, we’ve decided to come up and give our perspective on the subject considering it is our teacher and one of the people that will guide our futures,” one student said at the meeting. “No matter what anyone says to me, I will never stand for violence, especially a man who was publicly murdered in front of his wife, one of his children, thousands of students and other bystanders. Charlie was not a racist, he did not hurt anyone sexually and he did not kill anyone. Therefore this was an unjustified cause of death that should never be celebrated.”
“If you ask me, Charlie’s children do not deserve to grow up without their father, Charlie’s wife did not deserve to lose her husband, Charlie did not deserve to lose his life because of a different opinion,” the student continued. “But this teacher deserves to lose his job.”
In the now-deleted TikTok video allegedly posted by the Barrington teacher, the man states he has no sympathy for Kirk due to his political views.
“This is a man who hated the LGBTQ community, who hated women’s rights, who hated democracy, who thought that he was a big man cause he went to college campuses and debated youth college students and thought he proved how tough he was with his words that he studied ahead of time,” the teacher said. “What a piece of garbage. This is what happens.”
@jacari.toshifty I am neither republican or a democrat but violence and the death of an innocent man should never be tolerated especially by a man whose job it is to teach the next generation of the world, and if ANYONE thinks it’s okay to kill someone over an OPINION and free speech then u really have no humanity. #t#teacherf#firedd#deathc#charliekirkg#god♬ original sound – Jacari Cameron
The teacher went on to question whether Kirk supporters will now advocate for taking guns away “from who will inevitably be the white man who shot and killed him.”
“Bye Charlie,” the teacher ended.
The students highlighted Kirk’s reputation for open debates, especially with those with opposing political views, during their passionate remarks.
“As civilians and people of a great country, we hold ourselves to a higher standard than to support or worse yet rejoice in violence,” another student said at the school board meeting. “Someone who advocated for an arrested murderer and assassinator of one of the greatest debaters and free speakers of our time should have no place in the classroom, more so around young children.”
“As a student of Barrington High, I do not feel comfortable or safe with one of our teachers supporting violence,” the third student said. “We believe this world needs God because something as cruel as this should never be celebrated. God bless Charlie Kirk and rest in peace Mr. Kirk.”
The school has since appointed an independent investigator to review the teacher’s social media, according to WJAR. The teacher’s TikTok account appears to now be private.
Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, was shot and killed on Wednesday at a campus speaking event at Utah Valley University. Many teachers and university professors are now facing punishments for cheering on his murder.
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“I am neither [a] republican or a democrat, but violence and the death of an innocent man should never be tolerated, especially by a man whose job it is to teach the next generation of the world, and if ANYONE thinks it’s okay to kill someone over an OPINION and free speech then u really have no humanity.” I could well have written that myself — thank you for including this quotation.
WELL DONE BY THOSE STUDENTS!!!!! It seems “teachers” in this day and age are TAUGHT TO INDOCRINATE and NOT TEACH! I believe it is the GOAL OF THE TEACHERS UNION TO DO SO, and OUR CHILDREN ARE THE ONES WHO WILL PAY A HUGE PRICE BECAUSE OF IT AS WILL OUR COUNTRY!
God bless this student , She is 100 % right This has got to stop with evil people thinking killing people is the answer God help us.