School Board Pays $95K After Censoring Student Tribute to Charlie Kirk
By Michael Gryboski | The Christian Post
Officials violated student's First, Fourth and 14th Amendment rights.
A North Carolina school district has agreed to pay $95,000 in attorneys' fees and damages after censoring an on-campus student tribute to conservative Christian activist Charlie Kirk.
Last year, a high school student and her parents sued the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education over a painted tribute to Kirk that was removed shortly after it was completed.
The nonprofit legal organization Alliance Defending Freedom, which represented the student, announced Monday that it had reached a settlement with school district officials over the lawsuit.
Per the settlement, the board of education agreed to pay $95,000 in assorted fees...

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