An Indiana educator — fired after being targeted by the right-wing X account Libs of TikTok and the attorney general of Indiana for making private remarks on Facebook about the killing of Charlie Kirk — is suing Ball State University for violating her right to free speech.

Brought in conjunction with the state chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, the lawsuit claims that the woman’s social media post was “fully protected by the First Amendment” and that “her firing was unconstitutional.”

Suzanne Swierc was the university’s Director of Health Promotion and Advocacy — an administrative post, not a member of the faculty — and developed health and wellness programming for students. Ball State is a public institution based in Muncie, Indiana, about 50 miles from Indianapolis.

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