CHICAGO (WLS) -- The assassination of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk and the reaction to it has many debating freedom of speech, a right protected by the First Amendment.

President Donald Trump and his allies have promised consequences for people who speak callously about Kirk's killing.

ABC7 Chicago spoke to a constitutional expert about people's freedom to express their thoughts.

In the wake of Charlie Kirk's death, social media has lit up with opinions on both sides of the aisle. Some people have lost their jobs over their posts.

The anger made its way to a Buffalo Grove, Illinois school board meeting Tuesday night, where some parents are demanding a teacher be fired for her social media comments comparing Kirk's followers to uniformed men at rally's in the 1930s.

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