A former adjunct professor wants to argue in court that she was wrongly fired from both the University of Alabama and Auburn University for comments she made after the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
Candice Hale, who worked for UA’s Department of Gender and Race Studies, is suing the university claiming her First Amendment rights were violated.
Hale was also an Auburn University professor and is suing them as well for the same reason.
“I do not mourn oppressors,” Hale wrote on Facebook the day after Kirk was killed. “I do not show them empathy. I don’t give a damn about evil racist, fascist, misogynist, homophobic, transphobic, xenophobic, mediocre white men who claim to be Christian individuals and then do everything Christ would not do on Earth.”
“I will not mourn the wicked,” the post continues. “We are getting closer and closer to the real assignment.”
Hale’s attorney, Kira Fonteneau, believes she has a case against the schools because they are government institutions that fired Hale over participating in her right to free speech.
“We believe the evidence will show that that is a violation of the First Amendment,” Fonteneau argued, “and that’s why we filed our lawsuit.”
Hale recently defended herself during an interview with Birmingham’s WVTM News 13.
“If Charlie Kirk’s voice can be heard,” she said “and the whole world can hear the disparaging things he has to say, then the world should be able to hear what Auburn University and what the University of Alabama did to me.”
Yaffee is a contributing writer to Yellowhammer News and hosts “The Yaffee Program” weekdays 9-11 a.m. on WVNN. You can follow him on X @Yaffee.
