Student Sues North Carolina School District After Tribute to Charlie Kirk Is Censored

The suit claims the district censored the student’s tribute to Kirk, involved the police, and later adopted new rules barring political and religious speech.

A photograph of Charlie Kirk at a makeshift memorial outside the headquarters of Turning Point USA in Phoenix, on Sept. 16, 2025. Joe Raedle/Getty Images

A North Carolina high school student and her parents have sued the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, alleging the district violated her constitutional rights after censoring a message she painted in tribute to assassinated conservative commentator Charlie Kirk.