An Orange Count school teacher is facing possible disciplinary action after making a controversial post on social media after the killing of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk in Utah last week.

“I’ve never wished a man dead, but I’ve read some obituaries with great pleasure,” Orange County High School teacher Aaron Beck posted to Facebook.

Beck attributed the words to humorist Mark Twain, a common mistake. Twain never said the words. Instead, it was lawyer Clarence Darrow — most noted for his involvement in the Leopold and Loeb murder trial and the Scopes "monkey" trial — who said, "I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure."

Orange County residents and parents took to social media themselves to express their disdain.

“For almost a decade

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