RUTHERFORD COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — A longtime Rutherford County teacher is suing her school district, claiming she was fired for what she shared online.

The federal lawsuit alleges her termination violated her First Amendment.

Susannah O'Brien, a veteran educator in Rutherford County, was dismissed earlier this month after sharing two Facebook posts about conservative commentator and activist Charlie Kirk, who was shot and killed in September.

One post criticized the decision to lower flags in Kirk's honor. Another, shared from the political page Occupy Democrats, said Kirk "spent his entire life disparaging immigrants, disrespecting women and blaming Black folks only to get shot in one of the whitest places on Earth."

O'Brien's attorney, Mark Downton, said O'Brien was punished for expr

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