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Professor Fired for Charlie Kirk Post Gets $500,000 From School, Is Reinstated (www.mediaite.com)

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Darren Michael, associate professor at Austin Peay State University, has reportedly been reinstated and given $500,000 after being fired over posts about assassinated conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

Tennessee’s WKRN News 2 obtained a copy of a settlement agreement between Michael and the university, showing the school will dish out $500,000 and reimburse “therapeutic counseling services.”

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[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

“Charlie Kirk says gun deaths are ‘unfortunately’ worth it to keep 2nd Amendment,” read the headline of an article Michael shared. He did not add any additional comment on it.

The school originally said Michael was fired over “insensitive comments” made on social media.