Attorney General Ken Paxton sent a letter to University of North Texas leaders on Friday demanding review of its response to a student conflict over the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk earlier this month after a video showing the incident at UNT gained millions of views on social media.
The letter also requests that UNT leaders investigate the students accused of cheering Kirk’s death and the professor Paxton says possibly discriminated against a single student who challenged those peers.
UNT President Harrison Keller said the university is reviewing the incident.
"I appreciate the concerns expressed by Attorney General Paxton," he said in an emailed statement through university communications. "We take these and all allegations of misconduct by students or faculty v