US EditionFamily Sues School District over Student's Charlie Kirk Message
The student and parents claim the school censored protected speech after officials treated a Charlie Kirk tribute on the spirit rock as vandalism, prompting a lawsuit.
- A family in North Carolina has sued the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education for violating their student's constitutional rights after school officials censored a tribute to Charlie Kirk on a school spirit rock.
- The student, Gabby Stout, received permission to paint a tribute on the spirit rock, but school officials later painted over it and accused her of vandalism.
- The school's principal involved law enforcement but later retracted the claim without publicly clearing Stout's name.
- The family's complaint seeks a public acknowledgment of the rights violations and changes to the school’s speech policies.
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Student's Tribute to Charlie Kirk Removed by School
A family in North Carolina has filed a lawsuit against the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, arguing that the district violated the student’s constitutional rights after censoring a tribute to Charlie Kirk. According to the filing, the student received permission from school officials to “paint the Ardrey Kell High School spirit rock with a patriotic message related to Charlie Kirk.” They painted the rock with “a heart, a United States f…
Family of North Carolina high school student sues district over censorship of Charlie Kirk tribute
A high school student and her parents are suing the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, alleging the district, which is in North Carolina, violated her First Amendment rights by removing her “Live Like Charlie Kirk” tribute from the school’s spirit rock and wrongly labeling it as vandalism. The message was painted on the rock two days after Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk was assassinated on Sept. 10.
School district trampled due process in criminal probe of student for Charlie Kirk message: lawsuit
Student got permission from front office to honor slain activist on "spirit rock," but officials accused her of criminal vandalism, coerced a confession, searched phone without a warrant and never informed her of her rights, lawsuit says.
Student Sues North Carolina School District After Tribute to Charlie Kirk Is Censored
A North Carolina high school student and her parents have sued the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, alleging the district violated her constitutional rights after censoring a message she painted in tribute to assassinated conservative commentator Charlie Kirk. The student, identified as G.S., filed the complaint on Dec. 8 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina. According to the filing, she sought to honor …
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