Clark County Special Ed Teacher Watched Kirk Assassination Video Over 50 Times, ‘Loved It’

An unspecified number of Clark County teachers who made disparaging or celebratory posts related to Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk’s assassination are “no longer assigned to their classrooms in an effort to protect all staff and students” according to Clark County School District (CCSD) Superintendent Jhone Ebert.

The posts have caused “material and substantial disruption to the District and raised concerns about safety,” Ebert wrote.

“While we uphold the intent and spirit of the free speech rights provided by the First Amendment, we also have an obligation to ensure our school campuses are safe and focused on learning. We have notified our employees that we will not tolerate behavior that distracts from learning in the classroom,” Ebert’s said.

Ebert also noted that she and her team had received thousands of emails, direct messages, and social media posts related to Kirk’s death.

“There is common ground in every message I have read. Our community wants our children to feel safe at school, and they want teachers who model values of kindness, understanding, and respect,” Ebert said in the statement.

The notice from CCSD to the District’s 44,000 employees was sent on Friday, September 12, two days after Kirk’s untimely death, read:

“The Clark County School District (“District”) will not tolerate any speech or conduct that causes a material and substantial disruption to its operations and is issuing this notice to address recent concerns.

The First Amendment to the United States Constitution allows District employees to speak freely as private citizens regarding matters of public concern. However, the District has the authority to prohibit or restrict free speech rights of public employees if the speech results in any of the following:

• The speech materially and substantially interferes with school activities, the employee’s ability to perform assigned duties, or the rights of others;
• The speech does or is likely to create substantial interference to the educational mission and/or operation of the school; or
• The speech is used to engage in harassment, discrimination, bullying, cyber-bullying, or intimidation of another person.

When considering the free speech rights of public employees, the law requires us to weigh the balance between the interests of the employee, as a private citizen, in commenting upon matters of public concern and the interest of the District, as an employer, in promoting the efficiency of the public services it performs through its employees.

Specifically, recent comments by District employees regarding the death of Charlie Kirk have created a material and substantial disruption to the operation of the District. As a result, all District employees are advised to refrain from engaging in speech regarding political violence that causes any of the results listed above. While not every exercise of free speech regarding political violence would create a prohibited result, if the speech causes any of the results listed above, the employee shall be subject to disciplinary action.“

The numerous posts and related backlash caught the attention of Drew Johnson, Republican candidate for Nevada treasurer, who claims that the removed teachers are on a “paid vacation” and is now leading a grassroots campaign to have their teaching licenses revoked.

One such post penned by Joe Sedlack, a special education teacher for children with autism at Rogich Middle School), “watched the video over and over like 50 times by now. And not the far away video, the close-up video. Loved every fraction of every second and it gets better with each watch,” Sedlack admitted.

Music teacher Matt McComb (he/him) said that Kirk was murdered because he was a “trash human.”

The Review Journal reported that Sig Rogich weighed in on the disturbing posts. To note, Joe Sedlack teaches at Rogich Middle School in Summerlin and is on paid leave.

Sig Rogich, a conservative political consultant with a Summerlin middle school named after him, said in an open letter to Ebert that teachers who have made “hateful posts” should be fired to show “no tolerance for individuals who glorify violence or spread messages of hate.”

“The content of their messages is not protected by freedom of speech, just as inciting panic by yelling ‘fire’ in a crowded theater is not protected,” Rogich said in a statement. “Such rhetoric has no place in our schools, and allowing these individuals to remain employed undermines the trust that students, parents, and staff place in our institution.”

On September 13, three days after Kirk was murdered, CCSD promoted mental health resources available to students, parents and employees, to which Drew Johnson aptly replied, “Hear me out on this: One thing that also might help student mental health is not putting them in classrooms with teachers WHO F@CKING CELEBRATE THE ASSASSINATION OF AN INNOCENT PERSON.”

The Clark County Education Association nor CCSD would provide comment until the investigations were completed.