bv. Chicago Teacher FIRED After Mocking Charlie Kirk’s Assassination at “No Kings” Protest — School Website Taken Down Amid Backlash
Chicago, IL — The internet is in shock after a Chicago elementary school teacher, Lucy Martinez, was reportedly fired following the release of a viral video showing her mocking the assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk during a recent “No Kings” protest.
The disturbing clip, which spread rapidly across X (formerly Twitter) and TikTok over the weekend, appears to show Martinez laughing and making remarks about Kirk’s death while protesters around her reacted to a group of men waving a flag bearing his face.
Online investigators quickly identified her as a teacher at Nathan Hale Elementary School, sparking an immediate wave of public outrage. Parents, students, and community members flooded the school’s pages with demands for her removal, accusing Martinez of “insensitivity” and “celebrating violence.”
Within hours, the situation escalated. The school’s official website was taken offline, and even its Google reviews were disabled, as administrators faced mounting criticism from across the country.
According to local sources, the Chicago Public Schools district has not yet released a formal statement, but multiple outlets report that Martinez has already been terminated from her position pending a full investigation.
The “No Kings” protest — originally meant to promote unity and equality — has now become the center of a heated national debate about free speech, political bias, and professionalism within public education.
Social media users are divided: some argue that Martinez was simply exercising her freedom of expression, while others say her comments crossed a moral and professional line that educators should never approach.
As the story continues to unfold, the viral clip has reignited discussions about how far “protest culture” can go — and whether mocking tragedy, even in satire, has any place in the classroom.
