With multiple Massachusetts teachers on leave, under investigation for alleged comments made online after the death of Charlie Kirk, we asked NBC10 Boston legal analyst Michael Coyne about whether such comments are protected.
"If in fact the speech ultimately crossed the line from protected First Amendment speech, which political speech is given a very high level of protection by the Supreme Court, to actually glorifying someone's murder and potentially encouraging others to do the same, well, that's where the line will be drawn," Coyne said.
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The latest in Massachusetts to be put on leave are two teachers in Peabody. The superintendent there sent us a statement Tuesday, saying in part:
"Peabody Public Schools has