Carolina Black Panther fires one of its employees on social media posts shortly after his death to Conservative political commentator Charlie Kirk.
“The views expressed by our employees are their own and do not represent the views of the Carolina Panthers,” the NFL franchise release said. By x Thursday, September 11. “We do not tolerate any kind of violence. We take this matter very seriously and resolved it with individuals as a result.”
this Charlotte Observer The employees who were fired were reported Charlie Rockthe Panthers’ football communications coordinator.
Kirk a few hours later Shooting and killing during speech “Why are you sad? Your man says it’s worth it…”
The post quoted Kirk’s comments in 2023 when political activists discussed his stance on gun rights.
“I think it’s unfortunate that it’s worth the cost of having some gun deaths every year so we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights,” Kirk said at the time.
Rock’s posts spread rapidly on conservative social media platforms, including the major peace meme accounts that are popular on X.
“Hey @panthers I wrote early Thursday morning: “I heard one of your employees in the Communications Department celebrating the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Is this consistent with the values and policies of your organization?”
According to the Rock a few hours later, the team broke up. Observer.
US Weekly The Carolina Panthers have been contacted for comment. Rock’s Instagram profile has since been deleted.
Rock became an intern in the Black Panther Communications Department in 2024 and was recently promoted to a full-time job in the same department Observer. His LinkedIn account has also been deactivated since the dismissal.
Rock’s shooting reflects MSNBC commentator’s shooting Matthew Dowd,who After posting a broadcast comment to Kirk, please let it go online Wednesday.
“He has always been one of the most divided characters, especially young people, who have been pushing for this hate speech or attitude towards certain groups,” said Dowd, 64, in an outbreak of the shooting of Kirk on the Internet. “And I always go back to the idea of hatred, leading to hate words, which leads to hate actions. I think that’s the environment we are in.”
Moral continues: “You can’t stop the following terrible thoughts and say these terrible words instead of expecting to take terrible actions. This is the unfortunate environment we are in.”
MSNBC President Rebecca Kutler Send an apology For Morality (Dowd) in Wednesday’s comments, they were called “inappropriate, insensitive and unacceptable”.
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