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University announces 'thorough review' in response to viral video

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is looking into whether the University of North Texas (UNT) potentially violated state law after a student was allegedly harassed for her religious beliefs following her denouncement of the celebration of Charlie Kirk's assassination.

In a Sept. 19 letter sent to University President Harrison Keller and Dean of Students Laura Smith on Friday, Paxton detailed allegations that on the day of Kirk’s killing, Mary-Catherine Hallmark faced hostility for expressing her faith-based stance against celebrating violence.

Hallmark chronicled the incident on social media, including a viral TikTok video showing a classmate displaying a video of Kirk’s assassination while others cheered an

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