MUNCIE, Ind. — The ACLU has filed a lawsuit the president of Ball State University for firing an employee last Wednesday over a private social media post about conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

Suzanne Swierc worked at Ball State for two years as the Director of Health Promotion and Advocacy with the Division of Student Affairs.

In her post from September 10, which was when Kirk was killed, Swierc expressed that while Kirk’s death was a tragedy and she prayed for his family, she also felt it was a “reflection of the violence, fear, and hatred he sowed. She also wrote that she could not be friends with anyone who considered him a “wonderful person.”

Although Swierc’s Facebook page was set to be private, an image on her post, along with her work information, was submitted to a public on

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