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The Carolina Panthers dismissed an employee who made insensitive social media on Thursday following the assassination of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk.
Charlie Rock, member of the team’s communications department, was dismissed from the staff member, an informed source of the decision of the Panthers confirmed to PK Press Club Digital.
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Rock -related social networks seemed to show him to wonder why people were sad that Kirk was shot. The song “Protect Ya Neck” from the Wu-Tang clan was also shared.
“The opinions expressed by our employees are theirs and do not represent those of the Carolina Panthers,” the team said in a press release published on social networks. “We do not tolerate any violence. We take this question very seriously and we are therefore addressed with the individual.”
Rock was far from the first person to lose their job to make fun of the Kirk assassination.
MSNBC dismissed analyst Matthew Dowd for his “unacceptable” comments on Kirk in the aftermath of the shooting. The network had previously denounced the comments that Dowd made in the air.
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“During our media coverage of Charlie Kirk’s shooting, Matthew Dowd made inappropriate, insensitive and unacceptable comments,” MSNBC president Rebecca Kutler said in a statement. “We apologize for his statements, just like him. There is no room for violence in America, political or other.”
Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA, was struck by a single ball at around 12:20 pm on the campus of the University of Utah Valley in Orem on Wednesday. The 31 -year -old was mainly surrounded by students while his event was underway.
The authorities have not yet identified a publicly suspect in the shooting. However, officials offered more details on the person they follow at a press conference Thursday morning.
The special agent of the FBI responsible for FBI Robert Bohls and the Commissioner of the Public Security Department of Utah, Beau Mason, said that they had obtained “good video sequences” from the shooter while he was on the campus of the University of Utah Valley.
Investigators added that they thought the suspect was “collegial age”.
The investigation into Kirk’s assassination was still underway.
