A Florida Atlantic University professor who was placed on leave over social media posts he made about Charlie Kirk’s opponents has filed a federal lawsuit against the university’s leaders, saying they violated his First Amendment rights.

Dr. Rebel Cole, an eminent scholar in the College of Business, filed the lawsuit Wednesday against FAU President Adam Hasner and several other top university officials who he said were behind his suspension in September.

Cole was suspended by the university in September over posts he had made on his personal X account following Charlie Kirk’s assassination, in which he said those celebrating the assassination were inciting riots and threatened to “hunt (them) down” and make them “both unemployed and unemployable,” according to the lawsuit filed Wednesd

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