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Solid Republican Oglethorpe County, GA., agreed to settle with a school teacher it removed after she accurately posted that assassinated MAGA influencer Charlie Kirk was a gun enthusiast.<\/p>\n

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The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports High school English teacher Michelle Mickens was one of several educators across the nation who were removed from classrooms for a post related to Kirk\u2019s2025death. In a lawsuit filed in October, she accused the Trump-voting county school system outside Athens of violating her right to free speech. <\/p>\n

After posting a quote from Kirk on her private social media account, school system leaders pressured Mickens to resign, according to the original filed with the SPLCenter.<\/p>\n

The district agreed to pay Mickens $270,420 for \u201calleged emotional distress\u201d and $17,080 to her attorney to cover legal fees, according to a copy of the settlement agreement obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution through an open records request.<\/p>\n

Kirk was fatally shot while onstage at an event at Utah Valley University Sept. 10, 2025. Mickens later posted a quote from Kirk \u2014 on her private social media account, and after work hours from her personal computer, according to the lawsuit.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018I think it\u2019s worth it. I think it\u2019s worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights. \u2014 Charlie Kirk,\u2019\u201d the post read, without additional commentary from Mickens. <\/p>\n

Seconds before the bullet killed him, Kirk may have been preparing to defend gun rights despite record-level U.S. mass shootings.<\/p>\n

\u201cDo you know how many mass shooters there have been in America over the last 10 years?\u201d an attendee asked him.<\/p>\n

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\u201cCounting or not counting gang violence?\u201d Kirk responded, likely gearing up to diminish the tragedy of gun violence by framing it around gang activity.<\/p>\n

In response to comments on her post, Mickens stated she did not condone his assassination.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t condone violence of any kind, and I certainly don\u2019t condone this, but he was a horrible person, a fascist full of hate for anyone who was different,\u201d Mickens wrote. \u201cWhile I\u2019m sad that we live in a country where gun violence is an epidemic, the world is a bit safer without him. I didn\u2019t respect him at all, and he\u2019s part of the hatred and vitriolic language we hear so much now. I pray that without him, people can be kinder and more tolerant to one another.\u201d<\/p>\n

The AJC reports Mickens\u2019 former high school classmate saw her post and publicly shared screenshots on his own social media. From there the post went viral, with one account on X with more than 600,000 followers sharing it \u2014 along with the name of her employer and contact information for her principal. <\/p>\n

\u201cAt least two teachers in Cobb County lost their jobs, and an unidentified number were placed on leave after making posts that allegedly \u2018celebrated or condoned\u2019 Kirk\u2019s death,\u201d reports AJC. \u201cAn Emory University professor and child cancer researcher faced a similar fate. So did a Delta Air Lines flight attendant.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, plaintiffs in similar cases alleging First Amendment violations have struck back, receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars in settlement agreements. The AJC reports \u201ca professor at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville was awarded $1.9 million; an employee at Indiana University will receive $225,000; and an Iowa teacher won more than $200,000.\u201d<\/p>\n

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