In the days after Charlie Kirk was fatally shot in September while speaking at a Utah college campus, stunned followers of his conservative movement mourned online, condemning political violence. From his Los Angeles home, Johnathan Perkins, a Black diversity, equity and inclusion director at UCLA, had a different take.
“Good riddance,” he wrote on Bluesky. In another post: “It is OKAY to be happy when someone who hated you and called for your people’s death dies — even if they are murdered.”
Later: “I’m always glad when bigots die.”
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Officials swiftly placed Perkins on paid leave and opened an investigation. UCLA also issued a rare statement about an employee: “Violence of any kind — including the celebration of it — is completely unacceptable and will not be tolerated.”
Last week, UCLA fired him, and his last day on the payroll was Friday.
The termination letter, which Perkins allowed The Times to review, cited violations of policies on “workplace violence prevention,” including posts that “referenced or appeared to endorse violence or death” and made “demeaning or generalized remarks about demographic groups.”
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Perkins’ story is among more than 100 cases nationwide of college faculty or staff who were disciplined for comments about Kirk. The incidents included dozens where employees wished Kirk harm, said he deserved to die, or expressed happiness at his death, according to a Times review of social media, news reports and legal cases.
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In 2022, when employed at UCLA, Perkins tweeted that “no one wants to openly admit [we all] hope Clarence Thomas dies,” calling him “Uncle Thomas”. {snip}
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