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Carolina Panthers fired an employee who made insensitive social media posts on Thursday after the murder of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk.
Charlie Rock, a member of the team’s communications department, the employee was fired, a source informed of Panthers’ decision confirmed to Pakinomist Digital.
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Social media posts attached to Rock seemed to show him to question why people were sad that Kirk had been shot and killed. The song “Protect Ya Neck” from the Wu-Tang clan was also shared.
“The views that our employees express are their own and do not represent the views of Carolina Panthers,” the team said in a statement sent to social media. “We do not condon violence of any kind. We take this case very seriously and have consequently treated it with the individual.”
Rock was far from the first person to lose their jobs to mock the murder of Kirk.
MSNBC fired analyst Matthew Dowd for his “unacceptable” comments about Kirk in the immediate demand for the shooting. The network previously condemned the comments made by Dowd on the air.
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“During our breach of news coverage of the shooting of Charlie Kirk, Matthew Dowd made comments that were inappropriate, insensitive and unacceptable,” MSNBC President Rebecca Kutler said in a statement. “We apologize for his statements that he has. There is no place for violence in America, politically or otherwise.”
Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA, was hit by a single ball around 10 p.m. 12:20 Local Time at Campus at Utah Valley University in Orem Wednesday. The 31-year-old was surrounded by mostly university students when his event was underway.
Authorities have not yet published a suspect in the shooting. However, officials offered more details about the person they are after at a news conference on Thursday morning.
The FBI special agent with responsibility Robert Bohls and the Utah Department of Public Safety Commissions Beau Mason said they had been given “good video recordings” of the shooter while at Utah Valley University Campus.
Investigators added that they believe the suspect is “in the university age.”
The study of the murder of Kirk was still underway.
