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A former public employee is suing the Kansas State Department of Education, alleging she was wrongfully terminated for a social media comment.
The state government argues the employee, Katie Allen, voluntarily resigned from her position and was not fired.
Allen posted "well deserved" on a Facebook post about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, which she later deleted.
Katie Allen had worked for the Kansas State Department of Education for less than a month when she posted a social media comment on the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
"Well deserved," she commented on a Sept. 10 Facebook post following Kirk's killing that shared a quote from the conservative activist about gun violence.
Minutes later, she "thought better of her comment" and delet

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