The University of North Texas faced harsh criticism after committing a shameful act by suspending a student for reporting the murder of Charlie Kirk
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sent a letter on Friday to the University of North Texas (UNT) demanding an investigation after a student was expelled from class for denouncing the celebration of the death of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk.
The incident, partially captured on video and shared on social media, sparked national controversy and has reignited debates about freedom of speech, ideological bias in academic institutions, and universities' responses to extreme behavior by leftist students.
According to the published videos, a group of students in a UNT class reacted with applause and cheers upon seeing footage of Kirk's murder, which occurred the previous week during an event at Utah Valley University.
A student, upon hearing these reactions, began recording and confronted her unpleasant classmates with the question: "Why are you celebrating that someone was murdered?"
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The response was aggressive: a student approached her in an intimidating manner, while others confronted her. Subsequently, a second video shows another student admitting to having shared the video of Kirk's death and openly celebrating it.
The reporting student claims that her professor, who was present during the confrontation, did not intervene appropriately, merely suggesting "take this outside," which she interpreted as an indirect way of expelling her from the classroom.
Later, she went to the Dean of Students' office to request that her absence be excused, but received no response. In subsequent posts, the student asserts that other classmates fear retaliation if they speak out publicly.
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Ken Paxton, in his letter, stated that the incident constitutes a violation of the student code of conduct and the faculty ethics policy. He also asserted that the institutional response reflects a troubling permissiveness toward extremist behavior by leftist students.
"For too long, universities have ignored reports of misconduct if they come from conservative sectors," he said. The letter also criticizes UNT for violating its own free speech policy, by allowing the intimidation of a student for expressing an unpopular opinion.
The case has drawn the attention of several Republican state legislators, such as Mitch Little and Andy Hopper, who asked Governor Greg Abbott for a state investigation.
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They also pointed out that the student who recorded the video has been the target of threats of violence and harassment since the case went viral. The letter addressed to Abbott also accused the involved professor of promoting the LGBTQ agenda in class, in an attempt to link her nefarious ideology to a lack of impartiality in her classroom management.
This has not been an isolated incident. Similar reactions have occurred at other Texas universities following Kirk's death. At Texas Tech, a student was arrested and expelled for confronting attendees at a vigil; at Texas State University, a student was removed after publicly mocking Kirk's death during another memorial.
UNT has maintained institutional silence, without issuing any official comment on the matter. This lack of response has been harshly criticized by public officials and citizens, who see the silence as a form of complicity or, at the very least, negligence.
