Two educators in the Hallsville School District are on paid administrative leave after posting what some are calling contentious remarks on social media about the death of Charlie Kirk. The conservative activist was shot and killed last week at a Utah college.

Multiple people including, State Rep. John Martin, R-Columbia, have called for the Hallsville School District to fire the employees over the post. But Dave Roland, Director of Litigation Freedom of Missouri, told Missourinet that teachers do not surrender their first amendment rights just simply because they accept public employment.

“I only saw one teacher statement saying that he felt no remorse for the fact that Charlie Kirk had been killed, so that is protected speech,” said Roland. “The exceptions to free speech are very, very

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