SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – People from the University of South Dakota, as well as the legal community, are upset by former professor Michael Hook's termination, citing a violation of the First Amendment.

Hook, formerly listed as a professor of Art at USD, was placed on administrative leave over a Facebook post about Charlie Kirk’s assassination. The now-deleted post included an expletive and referred to Kirk as a “hate-spreading Nazi.”

The South Dakota Board of Regents said they intend to terminate Hook based on SDBOR policy 4.4.8, which covers “unprofessional conduct.”

“The board and its administrators possess the inherent power to discipline employees, including faculty members, who fail to adhere to expectations for competent, productive, effective and ethical teaching, research or s

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