A landscape supervisor at Auburn University has sued college leadership in federal court after he says he was fired for a post responding to the assassination of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk.

In his complaint against Auburn University, Kevin Courtwright says that his firing violated his First Amendment rights.

“The leaders at Auburn University did not like what Kevin and other employees had to say,” the complaint reads.

“Auburn’s president called their comments insensitive and terminated their employment. Some of Kevin’s comments were insensitive, offensive and inflammatory—but that means they were exactly the type of speech the First Amendment protects."

On Sept. 10, the day Kirk died after being shot while speaking at a campus event at Utah Valley University, Courtwright share

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